Makholwa Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

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

Makholwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makholwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8991:60,2647,610
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makholwa (273) may also be a first name.

Makholwa Last Name Facts

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

Makholwa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makholwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makholwa is the 391,429th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makholwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 537,992nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 273 people.

The surname Makholwa is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 899 people, or 1 in 60,264. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Makholwa Last Name Statistics demography

Makholwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.92% less than the national average, earning R 147,528 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 Makholwa
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