Mukwekwe Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Mukwekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 646 | 1:23,898 | 3,609 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mukwekwe (103) may also be a first name.
Mukwekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukwekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mukwekwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukwekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 474,151st most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mukwekwe reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mukwekwe is also the 930,172nd most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 103 people.
It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 646 people, or 1 in 23,898. In Zimbabwe Mukwekwe is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 75 percent live, Harare Province, where 11 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mukwekwe
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