Makwaya Surname
Approximately 7,248 people bear this surname
Makwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,647 | 1:9,375 | 1,223 |
| Zambia | 737 | 1:21,506 | 2,347 |
| DR Congo | 698 | 1:105,845 | 11,745 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Makwaya (564) may also be a first name.
Makwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwaya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwaya is the 68,538th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,005,456 people. The last name Makwaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwaya live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Makwaya is also the 353,625th most common first name at a global level, borne by 564 people.
Makwaya is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,647 people, or 1 in 9,375. In Tanzania Makwaya is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 20 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 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
- 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 Makwaya
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