Makwae Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Makwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 476 | 1:97,017 | 8,558 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Makwae (98) may also be a first name.
Makwae Demographics
Makwae Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwae occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwae? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwae is the 564,325th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. The last name Makwae occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makwae reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 98 people.
The surname Makwae is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 476 people, or 1 in 97,017. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 64 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 21 percent reside and Kisii County, where 11 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Makwae Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Makwae last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Makwae earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.73% less than the national average, earning R 93,312 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 Makwae
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