Makgotlwe Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Makgotlwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makgotlwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1501:361,18532,866
England11:55,718,059489,080

Makgotlwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Makgotlwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Makgotlwe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makgotlwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makgotlwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 361,185. In South Africa Makgotlwe is most prevalent in: North West, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Free State, where 1 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Makgotlwe exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

Makgotlwe Last Name Statistics demography

Makgotlwe earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.19% more than the national average, earning R 347,400 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
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  • 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 Makgotlwe
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