Makweja Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Makweja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 146 | 1:108,561 | 8,496 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Makweja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makweja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makweja is most common in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Makweja.
How Common Is The Last Name Makweja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makweja is the 1,338,236th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makweja are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Makweja is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 108,561. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 54 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 45 percent reside and Western Province, where 1 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makwea | 92 | 416 | / |
| Makwej | 92 | 68 | / |
| Makweya | 86 | 2,024 | / |
| Makweji | 86 | 82 | / |
| Makwija | 86 | 21 | / |
| Makweha | 86 | 9 | / |
| Magweja | 86 | 5 | / |
| Makwaja | 86 | 5 | / |
| Makweje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Makweiha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makwai | 77 | 153 | / |
| Makwee | 77 | 138 | / |
| Makwey | 77 | 56 | / |
| Mokwea | 77 | 42 | / |
| Makwau | 77 | 26 | / |
| Makwei | 77 | 21 | / |
| Makway | 77 | 11 | / |
| Makuej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makwie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makweu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makwaya | 71 | 7,248 | / |
| Mokweya | 71 | 610 | / |
| Magwaja | 71 | 459 | / |
| Makwaia | 71 | 244 | / |
| Makwayo | 71 | 161 | / |
| Makwiya | 71 | 147 | / |
| Mangwea | 71 | 111 | / |
| Makwayi | 71 | 86 | / |
| Mankwey | 71 | 82 | / |
| Makweye | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mackway | 71 | 26 | / |
| Mangwej | 71 | 21 | / |
| Magueja | 71 | 18 | / |
| Makkuea | 71 | 15 | / |
| Makweyi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Makgwai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Makweyo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makwaye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makwiye | 71 | 8 | / |
| Magweya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Magwija | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mankwaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Makwaai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mokweha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Makuejd | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magweji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mankwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makueji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makweih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwait | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwiji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mankwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mangweha | 67 | 171 | / |
| Mangweji | 67 | 55 | / |
| Makwiyah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Makwouet | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mangweya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Madkwaai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mankwaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Makwayaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mangueja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwaiyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magwijya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makgwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacKwoey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makwauya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makgwowe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Makweja
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