Sokwela Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sokwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sokwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokwela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sokwela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokwela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokwela live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent reside and Gauteng, where 20 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekwela | 86 | 193 | / |
| Sokwala | 86 | 180 | / |
| Sokwele | 86 | 79 | / |
| Zokwela | 86 | 20 | / |
| Sakwela | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sokwila | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sekgwela | 80 | 198 | / |
| Sonkwele | 80 | 74 | / |
| Sokwalla | 80 | 11 | / |
| Sonkwelo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shokwele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Siakwela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sokwehle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonqwela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sokwahla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sogweloa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sekwelea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sekgwelea | 75 | 333 | / |
| Sekgwaela | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sekgwehla | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sookwilai | 75 | 2 | / |
| Songwelai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sakweli | 71 | 491 | / |
| Sekwala | 71 | 347 | / |
| Zakwela | 71 | 35 | / |
| Sakwila | 71 | 29 | / |
| Sogwala | 71 | 20 | / |
| Sakwele | 71 | 16 | / |
| Sekwila | 71 | 7 | / |
| Secwela | 71 | 7 | / |
| Zokwelo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sakwala | 71 | 4 | / |
| Segwela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sogwele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekwaila | 67 | 836 | / |
| Sukwilai | 67 | 373 | / |
| Sonqwelo | 67 | 151 | / |
| Shakwila | 67 | 116 | / |
| Shakwala | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sukwaila | 67 | 16 | / |
| Shokwolo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sekgwelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shokwalo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siakwele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sankwila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Songwelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zongwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sokwailo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Songwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siagwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schokweiler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Segwelea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekgwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekwalla | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Sokwela
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