Makwashe Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Makwashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwashe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3481:509,03125,276
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Makwashe (171) may also be a first name.

Makwashe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makwashe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwashe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 801,116th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name Makwashe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwashe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Makwashe is also the 698,971st most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 171 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 509,031. In Nigeria Makwashe is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 74 percent are found, Sokoto, where 25 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 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
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  • 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 Makwashe
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