Makwasa Surname
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname
Makwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| Tanzania | 280 | 1:189,077 | 16,295 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| Zambia | 116 | 1:136,637 | 10,044 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makwasa (193) may also be a first name.
Makwasa Demographics
Average Makwasa Salary in
South Africa
R 75,348
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwasa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Makwasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makwasa is the 269,545th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,032,836 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwasa reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 653,740th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 193 people.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Makwasa Last Name Statistics demography
Makwasa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.29% less than the national average, earning R 75,348 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 Makwasa
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