Makwaye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Makwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Makwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwaye is most common in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwaye live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Makwaye is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Makwaye is mostly found in: Free State, where 86 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Kenya, where 11 percent live.
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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 Makwaye
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