Makamwe Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Makamwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 225 | 1:92,307 | 11,041 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Makamwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makamwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makamwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makamwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makamwe is the 1,085,744th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makamwe reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 92,307. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, West Region, where 30 percent live and Littoral Region, where 14 percent live. Not including Cameroon Makamwe exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makamweu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Makamweh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Makamwee | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maikamwe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Makamwoue | 88 | 17 | / |
| Makamwa | 86 | 60 | / |
| Mekamwe | 86 | 21 | / |
| Makomwe | 86 | 21 | / |
| Makemwe | 86 | 13 | / |
| Makamue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mokamwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Makamnwoue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maikambe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Makaumbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maekamue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mokamwoue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makanwa | 71 | 674 | / |
| Mokamwa | 71 | 363 | / |
| Makamvi | 71 | 62 | / |
| Makomwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Macambe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mekemwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maqambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makamby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makamui | 71 | 1 | / |
| MacAnwe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Maikanwa | 67 | 212 | / |
| Makanuey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhakambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makhanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makombee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhakanve | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Makamwe
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