Makewa Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Makewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 448 | 1:103,080 | 8,967 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Makewa (19) may also be a first name.
Makewa Demographics
Makewa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makewa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Makewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Makewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 641,055th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makewa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous forename internationally It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 103,080. In Kenya Makewa is mostly concentrated in: Machakos County, where 45 percent are found, Makueni County, where 34 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found. Barring Kenya Makewa occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Makewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Makewa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Makewa
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