Lokwae Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lokwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lokwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2301:235,55524,262
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Lokwae Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lokwae is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lokwae? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lokwae is the 1,022,958th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lokwae are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 235,555. In South Africa Lokwae is most numerous in: North West, where 70 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Lokwae Last Name Statistics demography

Lokwae earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.44% less than the national average, earning R 75,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loukwae9248/
Lekwae8351/
Lokwaui771/
Hlongwae717/
Lakuae675/
Lokwui671/
Lakweu671/
Hlongwahe671/
Laguae5010/
Lakuai501/
Loqueu501/
Logboe501/
Lekuoe501/

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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 Lokwae
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