Sakwe Surname
Approximately 12,740 people bear this surname
Sakwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10,895 | 1:1,906 | 186 |
| South Africa | 1,320 | 1:41,044 | 5,264 |
| Nigeria | 321 | 1:551,847 | 26,913 |
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Sakwe (137) may also be a first name.
Sakwe Demographics
Average Sakwe Salary in
South Africa
R 205,080
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sakwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakwe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakwe? popularity and diffusion
Sakwe is the 41,051st most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 572,021 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakwe live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sakwe is also the 790,880th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 137 people.
Sakwe is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 10,895 people, or 1 in 1,906. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 96 percent live, Littoral Region, where 2 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Sakwe Last Name Statistics demography
Sakwe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.7% less than the national average, earning R 205,080 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 Sakwe
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