Stokwe Surname

172,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,488 people bear this surname

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

Stokwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stokwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,4351:22,2502,814
Lesotho511:39,8546,821
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Stokwe (15) may also be a first name.

Stokwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stokwe is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Stokwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stokwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 172,827th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,929,078 people. The last name Stokwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Stokwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2,435 people, or 1 in 22,250. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Stokwe Last Name Statistics demography

Stokwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.92% less than the national average, earning R 109,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stokhwe9246/
Stockwe927/
Stokwa839/
Stockw831/
Stokwi831/
Stockwett801/
Stockweis800/
Stockue770/
Stokwisz71281/
Staskwez711/
Sthakgwe711/
Stoque67332/
Stockwish671/
Stogue671/
Stakwa671/

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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 Stokwe
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