Makhwelo Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Makhwelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makhwelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1671:324,41730,492
Zimbabwe1161:133,08817,509
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makhwelo Last Name Facts

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

Makhwelo is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makhwelo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 910,497th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Makhwelo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Makhwelo is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 324,417. In South Africa Makhwelo is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 46 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 23 percent are found and Western Cape, where 18 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

Makhwelo Last Name Statistics demography

Makhwelo earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.2% more than the national average, earning R 238,116 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Makwelo931,017/
Makhwela88128/
Makhwalo884/
Mokhwelo882/
Makhuelo881/
Makwela8013,593/
Makwilo80338/
Mokwelo805/
Mokhwela7572/
Maakwela7510/
Makweela7510/
Machuelo757/
Makkwela756/
Makwelah751/
Makwillo751/
Makhuela751/
Makhwala751/
Makhwahla7148/
Makhuhela711/
Makwila67480/
Majuelo67242/
Macwela6751/
Mokwela6722/
Macwilo676/
Mokwilo671/
Makvela671/
Maqwela671/

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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 Makhwelo
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