Makwape Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Makwape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 176 | 1:12,426 | 2,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Makwape (26) may also be a first name.
Makwape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwape Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwape is held by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwape? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwape is the 1,272,314th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makwape are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.
Makwape is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 12,426. Outside of Botswana Makwape exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mokwape | 86 | 970 | / |
| Makwapa | 86 | 130 | / |
| Makwepe | 86 | 22 | / |
| Makuape | 86 | 18 | / |
| Magwape | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mokwaipe | 80 | 46 | / |
| Mokgwaphe | 75 | 50 | / |
| Mokwapa | 71 | 72 | / |
| Mokwapi | 71 | 18 | / |
| Magwapa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mokwepe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macwepe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mangwahape | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maqwapa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokgwapa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mokgwapi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Manguape | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokgwapha | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mokwajipi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maguap | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mokwop | 62 | 1 | / |
| Macuapa | 57 | 320 | / |
| Mokuope | 57 | 1 | / |
| Makuopa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Monkweib | 53 | 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 Makwape
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