Lokwe Surname
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Lokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 628 | 1:86,270 | 10,613 |
| Kenya | 85 | 1:543,293 | 26,596 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Lokwe (18) may also be a first name.
Lokwe Demographics
Lokwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lokwe occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lokwe is the 447,229th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. The last name Lokwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lokwe are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The last name Lokwe is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 86,270. In South Africa Lokwe is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Besides South Africa Lokwe exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Lokwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Lokwe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.87% less than the national average, earning R 204,672 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lokwee | 91 | 688 | / |
| Hlokwe | 91 | 521 | / |
| Lokwei | 91 | 413 | / |
| Lokhwe | 91 | 99 | / |
| Lgokwe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lookwe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Loukwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lokwey | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lockwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Loekwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Liokwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lyokwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lokw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Loukwae | 83 | 48 | / |
| Lockwed | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lokwa | 80 | 26,657 | / |
| Lukwe | 80 | 1,183 | / |
| Logwe | 80 | 510 | / |
| Lekwe | 80 | 149 | / |
| Lokwi | 80 | 140 | / |
| Lakwe | 80 | 100 | / |
| Lokue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lokwii | 73 | 5,578 | / |
| Logwee | 73 | 3,762 | / |
| Lokwit | 73 | 294 | / |
| Hlokwa | 73 | 256 | / |
| Lookwa | 73 | 76 | / |
| Lakwei | 73 | 47 | / |
| Lakwey | 73 | 47 | / |
| Leukwe | 73 | 31 | / |
| Lukwes | 73 | 27 | / |
| Lukwey | 73 | 27 | / |
| Lokwai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Lonkue | 73 | 11 | / |
| Lokuie | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hlekwe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Lekwee | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lokkwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lockwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lukwei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lakwer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Loukwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lokway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lokuee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lankwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hlogwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lhokwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lackwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lakweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lakweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lukwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lukwej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Logwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lokwui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lokwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loockweed | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lukwije | 67 | 94 | / |
| Lockway | 67 | 37 | / |
| Lookwhy | 67 | 36 | / |
| Leckwee | 67 | 33 | / |
| Loukoue | 67 | 19 | / |
| Loukwai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lookwai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lakw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Longwee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lokwith | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leunkwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lookwii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loikwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Logweee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lookwyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loukwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leukwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlokgwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luukwes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loqw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lokwe
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