Rikwe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Rikwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Rikwe (14) may also be a first name.
Rikwe Demographics
Average Rikwe Salary in
South Africa
R 163,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Rikwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rikwe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rikwe is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rikwe live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rikwe is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Rikwe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 82 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Rikwe Last Name Statistics demography
Rikwe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.34% less than the national average, earning R 163,152 per year.
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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 Rikwe
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