Yokhwe Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Yokhwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yokhwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821

Yokhwe Last Name Facts

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

Yokhwe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yokhwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yokhwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Yokhwe is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Yokhwe is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside.

Yokhwe Last Name Statistics demography

Yokhwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.22% less than the national average, earning R 32,736 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yokwe913,160/
Yokwei83105/
Yokhwa831/
Yakhwe831/
Yokwey831/
Yakwe73134/
Jokwe7358/
Yokwi7313/
Iokwe731/
Jyakhw67195/
Yokwai6727/
Joukwe6723/
Ijokwe672/
Yakewe672/
Iochwe671/
Jokkwe671/
Yakweh671/
Yokwui671/
Yakwei671/
Yakwea671/

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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 Yokhwe
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