Maekwa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Maekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maekwa Demographics
Average Maekwa Salary in
South Africa
R 199,188
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maekwa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maekwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maekwa are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa Maekwa is most frequent in: North West, where 70 percent are found and Gauteng, where 30 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
Maekwa Last Name Statistics demography
Maekwa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.18% less than the national average, earning R 199,188 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 Maekwa
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