Pikwa Surname

528,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this surname

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

Pikwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pikwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5351:101,26712,264
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pikwa (28) may also be a first name.

Pikwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pikwa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pikwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pikwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 528,243rd most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pikwa reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pikwa is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

Pikwa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 535 people, or 1 in 101,267. In South Africa Pikwa is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.

Pikwa Last Name Statistics demography

Pikwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.75% less than the national average, earning R 166,932 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phikwa91526/
Pikway917/
Pikwah914/
Pihkwa913/
Peikwa911/
Piskwa911/
Pikhwai831/
Pikwo801,161/
Pekwa80278/
Pukwa80114/
Pikua8018/
Pigwa8011/
Pikwe803/
Pikwi802/
Pfukwa73353/
Phikwe7330/
Peikua7319/
Pikwer735/
Phekwa732/
Pikwoo731/
Pekhwa731/
Puikwo731/
Petkwa731/
Pickwo731/
Piogwa731/
Phukwa731/
Peukwa731/
Pyokwa731/
Paykwa731/
Phekgwa674/
Peckwas671/
Pickwod671/
Piekwyi671/
Paydkwa671/
Peckway670/

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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 Pikwa
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