Makwalo Surname

507,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Makwalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Zambia321:495,31022,215
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makwalo (40) may also be a first name.

Makwalo Last Name Facts

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

Makwalo occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwalo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 507,898th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwalo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 40 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.

Makwalo Last Name Statistics demography

Makwalo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.87% less than the national average, earning R 50,208 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 Makwalo
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