Yekwe Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Yekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yekwe (14) may also be a first name.
Yekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yekwe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 758,524th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yekwe live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename world-wide, held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 932,330. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent reside, Benue, where 2 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 47 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yenkwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yekwa | 80 | 852 | / |
| Ekwey | 80 | 70 | / |
| Jekwe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Yegwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ekgwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iekwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ehikwe | 73 | 758 | / |
| Ihekwe | 73 | 71 | / |
| Ijekwe | 73 | 45 | / |
| Eckwey | 73 | 8 | / |
| Yekwai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Genkwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yenkwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jeukwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jekweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jekwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yekues | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yekgue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekue | 67 | 5,183 | / |
| Ojiekwe | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ihiekwe | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ecwe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Yengwee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ejiekwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ahaekwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ehikweh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeukwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jenkweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yetkoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwè | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehiekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehikkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekweowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajiekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yykw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yengkue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jekw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yekwe
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