Lunkwe Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Lunkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
Lunkwe (27) may also be a first name.
Lunkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lunkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lunkwe occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lunkwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. Lunkwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lunkwe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name world-wide It is held by 27 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 269,633. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lunkwe
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