Makwayo Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Makwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Makwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwayo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwayo? popularity and diffusion
Makwayo is the 1,369,340th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Makwayo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwayo are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 61 percent reside, Jigawa, where 37 percent reside and Rivers, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Makwayo
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