Macwele Surname

397,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 887 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Macwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6301:85,99610,582
Swaziland2531:5,131360
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Macwele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Macwele occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Macwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Macwele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 397,164th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,215,948 people. Macwele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Macwele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 85,996. In South Africa Macwele is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 87 percent reside, Gauteng, where 6 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 29 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Macwele Last Name Statistics demography

Macwele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.84% less than the national average, earning R 133,464 per year.

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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 Macwele
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