Makhwaya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Makhwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Makhwaya (30) may also be a first name.
Makhwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makhwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makhwaya is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makhwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makhwaya is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Makhwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makhwaya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makhwaya is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 30 people.
Makhwaya is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Makhwaya is most numerous in: North West, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 31 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makwaya | 93 | 7,248 | / |
| Maikwaya | 88 | 11 | / |
| Makhweya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Makhwaja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Machwaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Makway | 86 | 11 | / |
| Makweya | 80 | 2,024 | / |
| Makwaia | 80 | 244 | / |
| Makwayo | 80 | 161 | / |
| Makwiya | 80 | 147 | / |
| Makwayi | 80 | 86 | / |
| Mackway | 80 | 26 | / |
| Mokwaya | 80 | 11 | / |
| Makwaye | 80 | 9 | / |
| Makwaai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maikway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makhwae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwayu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makhwaje | 75 | 117 | / |
| Meikwaya | 75 | 86 | / |
| Machweya | 75 | 43 | / |
| Mahhwayi | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mokhwaye | 75 | 6 | / |
| Maikhwai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Makwaiyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maikwayo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makhvaja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maikwayi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makhweja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maqway | 71 | 446 | / |
| Makwea | 71 | 416 | / |
| Makwai | 71 | 153 | / |
| MacWay | 71 | 70 | / |
| Makwey | 71 | 56 | / |
| Machwiyah | 71 | 37 | / |
| Makwau | 71 | 26 | / |
| Makwaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokweya | 67 | 610 | / |
| Mokwayi | 67 | 99 | / |
| Maikwai | 67 | 74 | / |
| Maqwayi | 67 | 43 | / |
| Mokhwai | 67 | 41 | / |
| Makweye | 67 | 41 | / |
| Machuay | 67 | 25 | / |
| Makwija | 67 | 21 | / |
| Makweyi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mokwaye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Makweyo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Makwiye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mokwaai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mokwiya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Meakwai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Macwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makhuoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacKvay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Makhwaya
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