Yakwe Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Mali41:4,242,2592,433

Yakwe (36) may also be a first name.

Yakwe Last Name Facts

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

Yakwe is found most in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yakwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,544,715th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Yakwe reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yakwe is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name in the world, held by 36 people.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 19 percent live.

Yakwe Last Name Statistics demography

Yakwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.05% less than the national average, earning R 149,604 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakewe912/
Yakhwe911/
Yakwet911/
Yakweh911/
Yakwei911/
Yakwea911/
Yakw893/
Yokwe803,160/
Yakwa80396/
Jakwe80219/
Yagwe8097/
Yakue8069/
Yakwi8018/
Yakew802/
Yaakw801/
Jyakhw73195/
Yokwei73105/
Yokhwe7332/
Oyokwe7329/
Yagwet7311/
Yakwai7311/
Yaakwa738/
Yankue736/
Yakwoi736/
Hyakwa732/
Jakwee732/
Aiokwe732/
Eyokwe732/
Yakuhe731/
Yagweh731/
Yokwey731/
Yakgue731/
Yackwa731/
Yagkue731/
Jakwey730/
Hiakewe6754/
Jaikwee6710/
Ajeakwe675/
Yaqw674/
Yankway672/
Yackway672/
Yohnkwe671/
Yokwwei671/
Yokwoue671/
Yonkwei671/
Yongkwe671/
Ojiakwe671/
Jakw671/
Yakouee671/
Yaakwaa671/
Yagweed671/
Jackwie671/
Jackwee671/
Yaoukue671/
Ihakwue671/

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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 Yakwe
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