Mahkwe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mahkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mahkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahkwe is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahkwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Mahkwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahkwe reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mahkwe is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
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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 Mahkwe
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