Makwalu Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Makwalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makwalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makwalu is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwalu is the 2,203,767th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Makwalu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makwalu are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 226,427. In Zambia Makwalu is most frequent in: Central Province, where 90 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 6 percent reside and Southern Province, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Makwalu
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