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
The surname Makwaia occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makwaia is the 1,032,007th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Makwaia live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Makwaia is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent live, Pwani Region, where 41 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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