Makwea Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Makwea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 274 | 1:197,729 | 21,276 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Makwea Demographics
Average Makwea Salary in
South Africa
R 199,164
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwea is most common in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 706,244th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,518,139 people. The surname Makwea occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwea are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 197,729. In South Africa Makwea is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 56 percent reside, Gauteng, where 41 percent reside and Free State, where 2 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Tanzania, where 16 percent reside.
Makwea Last Name Statistics demography
Makwea earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.19% less than the national average, earning R 199,164 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 Makwea
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