Phokojwe Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Phokojwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phokojwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Botswana171:128,64318,229
England11:55,718,059489,080

Phokojwe (37) may also be a first name.

Phokojwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phokojwe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phokojwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phokojwe is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Phokojwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Phokojwe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 37 people.

Phokojwe is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 50 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Free State, where 17 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 40 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phokojwe Last Name Statistics demography

Phokojwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.54% less than the national average, earning R 112,776 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phokojwa8826/
Phokowje881/
Pokowei809/
Phukowe806/
Pokojowy7594/
Phukujwe759/
Phokujue755/
Pakowe7131/
Pokewe716/
Pokawe711/
Pokawei677/
Pokowai673/
Pokiwes672/
Phokave671/
Pakowei671/
Phukawe671/

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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 Phokojwe
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