Makwaia Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Makwaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Makwaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwaia occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,032,007th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname Makwaia is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Makwaia reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania Makwaia is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 41 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Makwaia is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makwai | 92 | 153 | / |
| Makwaya | 86 | 7,248 | / |
| Makwayi | 86 | 86 | / |
| Maikwai | 86 | 74 | / |
| Makgwai | 86 | 11 | / |
| Meakwai | 86 | 5 | / |
| Makwaja | 86 | 5 | / |
| Makwaai | 86 | 4 | / |
| Makwait | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maekwai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Makhwaya | 80 | 13 | / |
| Maikwaya | 80 | 11 | / |
| Maikhwai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mankwaya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Madkwaai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Makwayaz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwaiyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maikwayi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwauya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makhwaja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makgwayi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Magwai | 77 | 2,223 | / |
| Mokwai | 77 | 469 | / |
| Makwea | 77 | 416 | / |
| Mekwai | 77 | 141 | / |
| Makwau | 77 | 26 | / |
| Makwei | 77 | 21 | / |
| Makway | 77 | 11 | / |
| Maqwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Makwie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makwui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Magwaya | 71 | 2,216 | / |
| Makweya | 71 | 2,024 | / |
| Magwaja | 71 | 459 | / |
| Magwayi | 71 | 411 | / |
| Makweja | 71 | 167 | / |
| Makwayo | 71 | 161 | / |
| Makuaya | 71 | 160 | / |
| Makwiya | 71 | 147 | / |
| Mokwayi | 71 | 99 | / |
| Makweji | 71 | 82 | / |
| Maqwayi | 71 | 43 | / |
| Mokhwai | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mackway | 71 | 26 | / |
| Makwija | 71 | 21 | / |
| Makweyi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mokwaya | 71 | 11 | / |
| Makwaye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makweha | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mokwais | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makwiye | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mokwaai | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mekwaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makweih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwiji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwiyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magwaji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mankwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikwau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikwoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekwhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meikwaya | 67 | 86 | / |
| Makwiyah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Magqwayi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mangwaji | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mangwayi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Makhweya | 67 | 4 | / |
| MacWaits | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muikwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makweiha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikwayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magwauya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makhweja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maungwai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Makwaia
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