Kwekwete Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kwekwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Kwekwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwekwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwekwete is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kwekwete.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwekwete? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwekwete is the 3,665,662nd most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwekwete live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe Kwekwete is mostly found in: Bulawayo Province, where 94 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and Malawi, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Kwekwete
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