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 surname Maekwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maekwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maekwa live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 70 percent are found and Gauteng, where 30 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname occurs 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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