Makwele Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Makwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1591:99,6857,986
Kenya1431:322,93619,861
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Makwele (175) may also be a first name.

Makwele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makwele is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwele? popularity and diffusion

Makwele is the 648,005th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The last name Makwele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwele reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Makwele is also the 690,096th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 175 people.

The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 99,685. In Zambia Makwele is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 64 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live and Central Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Zambia Makwele occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 30 percent live.

Makwele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Makwele surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Makwele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.9% less than the national average, earning R 92,928 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
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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 Makwele
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