Makwekwetu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Makwekwetu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwekwetu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631

Makwekwetu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Makwekwetu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Makwekwetu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makwekwetu.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwekwetu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Makwekwetu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwekwetu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Makwekwetu is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Western Cape, where 18 percent reside.

Makwekwetu Last Name Statistics demography

Makwekwetu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.57% less than the national average, earning R 74,700 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 Makwekwetu
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