Straemke Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Straemke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Straemke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Straemke Last Name Facts

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

Straemke is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Straemke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Straemke is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Straemke are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Straemke is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent live and Western Cape, where 50 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stremke9383/
Stramke9377/
Struemke8860/
Streemke8819/
Striemke882/
Stremkie880/
Stramcke880/
Strämke805/
Stremki800/
Stromkie7511/
Sztromke751/
Sztromkie712/
Straeng671/
Stroeng530/
Strohink503/

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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 Straemke
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