Tsekwi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tsekwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tsekwi 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
Cameroon231:903,00360,285
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tsekwi (36) may also be a first name.

Tsekwi Last Name Facts

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

Tsekwi is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tsekwi.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsekwi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Tsekwi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsekwi reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 36 people.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Tsekwi is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found and West Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Tsekwi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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
Tsekwui921/
Tsekwa8375/
Tsikwi8328/
Tsegwi8313/
Tsekwe836/
Tshekwa779/
Tsegwui771/
Cekwi7315/
Zekwi731/
Tchekwai7111/
Tchekwoi711/
Tsikwa671,180/
Tsegui67544/
Tsokwe67188/
Tsikwe67155/
Chekwi674/
Tseikhwea671/
Dzekwi671/
Tsakui671/
Zeukwi671/
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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 Tsekwi
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