Lokwa Surname
Approximately 26,657 people bear this surname
Lokwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 26,495 | 1:2,788 | 297 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Jordan | 10 | 1:884,244 | 15,916 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lokwa (1,899) may also be a first name.
Lokwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lokwa occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,493rd most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 273,382 people. The surname Lokwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lokwa live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lokwa is also the 174,422nd most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,899 people.
It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 26,495 people, or 1 in 2,788. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 0 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
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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 Lokwa
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