Makwaeba Surname

384,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 925 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Makwaeba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwaeba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7911:68,4938,562
Botswana1321:16,5683,236
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Makwaeba (41) may also be a first name.

Makwaeba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makwaeba is most common in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Makwaeba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwaeba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,325th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,878,428 people. Makwaeba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwaeba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Makwaeba is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 791 people, or 1 in 68,493. In South Africa Makwaeba is most common in: Limpopo, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 41 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Makwaeba Last Name Statistics demography

Makwaeba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.26% less than the national average, earning R 125,340 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Makweba93627/
Makwaba93298/
Mokwaeba881/
Makgwaba881/
Makwoeba881/
Makweeba881/
Makwaebo881/
Magwaba80311/
Makwebo80222/
Magweba8069/
Mokweba804/
Mokwaba802/
Maqwaba801/
Makwoba801/
Makwabo801/
Makueba801/
Magqwaba7533/
Mokgweba7528/
Maikwabo759/
Magwabha751/
Maïkwabo751/
Magcweba751/
Mokwebo671,512/
Makuebo67354/
Magwebo6721/
Maquaba677/
Mokwabo675/
Moqweba672/
Magwabo672/
Mogweba671/
Mocwaba671/
Mokueba671/
Mogwaba671/
Mokgwebo6365/
Makuebou6310/
Mokwebho631/
Maikwobo631/
MacQueba631/
Mogwebo539/
Moqwebo532/
Mokuebo531/
Megwabo531/
Moghwabo501/

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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 Makwaeba
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