Lekwe Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Lekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 106 | 1:511,110 | 41,270 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Lekwe (94) may also be a first name.
Lekwe Demographics
Average Lekwe Salary in
South Africa
R 99,864
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lekwe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lekwe is the 1,441,361st most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Lekwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lekwe reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lekwe is also the 980,251st most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 94 people.
Lekwe is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 511,110. In South Africa Lekwe is most common in: Gauteng, where 30 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 25 percent reside and North West, where 25 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Lekwe Last Name Statistics demography
Lekwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.98% less than the national average, earning R 99,864 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leukwe | 91 | 31 | / |
| Leakwe | 91 | 9 | / |
| Hlekwe | 91 | 7 | / |
| Lekwee | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lekhwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lekwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Loekwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Liekwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lekw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leckwee | 83 | 33 | / |
| Hlekhwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lekwa | 80 | 2,098 | / |
| Lokwe | 80 | 762 | / |
| Lekue | 80 | 372 | / |
| Lakwe | 80 | 100 | / |
| Likwe | 80 | 78 | / |
| Legwe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Lecwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lokwee | 73 | 688 | / |
| Hlokwe | 73 | 521 | / |
| Lokwei | 73 | 413 | / |
| Leacwe | 73 | 175 | / |
| Hlekwa | 73 | 161 | / |
| Likwea | 73 | 148 | / |
| Lakwei | 73 | 47 | / |
| Lakwey | 73 | 47 | / |
| Lekhwi | 73 | 39 | / |
| Legwes | 73 | 34 | / |
| Leakwa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Lekwai | 73 | 29 | / |
| Likwei | 73 | 13 | / |
| Leukwi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Likwet | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lokwey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Legweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leekhw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lockwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leagwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekgue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekuer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leigwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leekue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liokwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lyokwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekuey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekwui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leakue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lecwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lakweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lakweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lackwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekwoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leakway | 67 | 46 | / |
| Lekouer | 67 | 6 | / |
| Leckway | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leekwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leqw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lecw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likhwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likwehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leekway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Liekway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lekwe
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