Sukwe Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
Zambia151:1,056,66130,252
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Sukwe Last Name Facts

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

Sukwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sukwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sukwe is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Sukwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sukwe are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 617,530. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 52 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 40 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 4 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Juckwer6715/
Chaukwe678/
Sukkuer678/
Sungkue677/
Shougwe674/
Sutkuea674/
Seukoue673/
Shokwei672/
Sukwith672/
Sukwaya672/
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Shuekwi671/
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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 Sukwe
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