Serekwa Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

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

Serekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Serekwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Serekwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Serekwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Serekwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,168,711th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Serekwa reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 808,622. In South Africa Serekwa is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 72 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Serekwa Last Name Statistics demography

Serekwa earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.83% more than the national average, earning R 351,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerekwa8621/
Sarekwa862/
Serekwe861/
Cerekwas809/
Sirikwa711,084/
Seregwe7151/
Serekui7112/
Serogwa716/
Sorokwa711/
Dzirekwa676/
Sirikhwa672/
Cheregwa672/
Serekuhe671/
Sirikwai671/
Sseregwe671/
Sheregwe671/
Shirakwa671/

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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 Serekwa
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