Lekwape Surname

467,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lekwape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekwape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4891:110,79313,331
Botswana2211:9,8961,823
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lekwape (81) may also be a first name.

Lekwape Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lekwape is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekwape? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lekwape is the 467,776th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,135,669 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lekwape live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lekwape is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent forename internationally It is held by 81 people.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 489 people, or 1 in 110,793. In South Africa Lekwape is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 43 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 5 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Lekwape exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 31 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Lekwape Last Name Statistics demography

Lekwape earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.52% less than the national average, earning R 150,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekgwapie881/
Lekwapa86107/
Likwape861/
Lekwapi861/
Legwape861/
Lokwape861/
Lagwape711/
Likwop624/
Lequipe57378/
Liquepe572/
Lequippe5355/
Leagueiv531/
Lagvapie531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lekwape
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