Makolwa Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

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

Makolwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makolwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2881:188,11720,469
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Makolwa (37) may also be a first name.

Makolwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makolwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makolwa? popularity and diffusion

Makolwa is the 899,940th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makolwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 188,117. In South Africa Makolwa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Western Cape, where 14 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Makolwa Last Name Statistics demography

Makolwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.83% less than the national average, earning R 71,688 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 Makolwa
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