Makwela Surname
Approximately 13,593 people bear this surname
Makwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11,437 | 1:4,737 | 608 |
| DR Congo | 1,450 | 1:50,951 | 6,158 |
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zambia | 66 | 1:240,150 | 14,690 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Makwela (198) may also be a first name.
Makwela Demographics
Average Makwela Salary in
South Africa
R 176,472
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makwela is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 38,691st most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 536,125 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwela live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makwela is also the 644,447th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 198 people.
Makwela is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 11,437 people, or 1 in 4,737. In South Africa Makwela is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 59 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Makwela Last Name Statistics demography
Makwela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.74% less than the national average, earning R 176,472 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 Makwela
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