Kwekwe Surname

122,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,3111:13,9471,713
Liberia1421:31,0462,951
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
South Africa971:558,53343,702
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kwekwe (3,344) may also be a first name.

Kwekwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kwekwe is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwekwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 122,792nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,958,491 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwekwe live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwekwe is also the 123,414th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 3,344 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,311 people, or 1 in 13,947. In Kenya Kwekwe is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 54 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 26 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 18 percent reside. Other than Kenya Kwekwe is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Kwekwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (65%) in Kenya.

The amount Kwekwe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 63.92% less than the national average, earning R 85,728 per year and in United States they earn 74.96% less than the national average, earning $10,804 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwekweh922/
Khwekhwe8663/
Kwehkweh869/
Kweikwei862/
Gwekwe83564/
Kwekwa83105/
Kwegwe8310/
Kgwegwe771/
Nkwekwi771/
Gwegwe671,468/
Cwecwe67326/
Kwikwi67213/
Qweqwe67139/
Kuekue6780/
Kwegue6733/
Kwakwi6732/
Kwegwa6723/
Kwigwe674/
Kwokwi673/
Gwecwe672/
Gbekwe671/
Kuekwa671/
Quekwe671/
Kwagwe671/
Kwekui671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kwekwe
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