Yekwa Surname

409,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 852 people bear this surname

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

Yekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4511:120,12814,263
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Cameroon821:253,28124,740
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yekwa (124) may also be a first name.

Yekwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yekwa occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yekwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Yekwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 409,925th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,553,458 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yekwa are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Yekwa is also the 836,439th most widespread forename globally, borne by 124 people.

The surname Yekwa is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 120,128. In South Africa Yekwa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and Western Cape, where 15 percent live. Aside from South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Yekwa Last Name Statistics demography

Yekwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.94% less than the national average, earning R 109,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Yekwah911/
Yekua80971/
Jekwa80836/
Yekwe80377/
Yegwa80293/
Ekwau80281/
Yekwo8034/
Yjkwa808/
Ekwaj806/
Ekwaa805/
Yykwa803/
Yiikwa7331/
Jekhwa7328/
Jeukwa7321/
Genkwa7314/
Ekwaja7311/
Jenkwa736/
Ehikwa733/
Yikwah732/
Jyikwa731/
Yekwoh731/
Yenkwi731/
Yenkwe731/
Yiykwa731/
Ijekwa731/
Ekwaha731/
Jeikwa731/
Jekwad731/
Ekua67149/
Iheakwa6722/
Yengwah6710/
Jeckway674/
Eqwa673/
Ihekwoa672/
Ohyikwa671/
Jiekwai671/
Ekwè671/
Yekwouh671/
Ekweowa671/
Yenkuah671/
Yenghwa671/
Yengwai671/

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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 Yekwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis