Makwaiya Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Makwaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 357 | 1:148,296 | 13,502 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makwaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwaiya is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwaiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 788,513th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwaiya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 148,296. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 44 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Makwaiya
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