Qekoa Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Qekoa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Qekoa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho491:41,4816,991
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Qekoa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qekoa occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Qekoa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qekoa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Qekoa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Qekoa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 41,481. In Lesotho Qekoa is primarily concentrated in: Quthing District, where 55 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 35 percent live and Maseru District, where 10 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Qekoa
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