Speku Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Speku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Speku 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
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Speku Last Name Facts

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

Speku is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Speku? popularity and diffusion

Speku is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Speku live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Speku is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spaku804/
Spetcu7347/
Specus7313/
Shpiku731/
Speckhaus7133/
Speekhout7116/
Speekhoudt6711/
Spokouh675/
Spickus674/
Sspecus671/
Spittkau628/
Spicu602/
Spacu600/
Spicus552/
Spacou551/
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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 Speku
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