Makwai Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Makwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Makwai (63) may also be a first name.
Makwai Demographics
Average Makwai Salary in
South Africa
R 30,144
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwai is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Makwai reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 63 people.
The surname Makwai is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 540,221. In Tanzania Makwai is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 95 percent live, Arusha Region, where 1 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Makwai Last Name Statistics demography
Makwai earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.32% less than the national average, earning R 30,144 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 Makwai
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