Makwele Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Makwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 159 | 1:99,685 | 7,986 |
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| South Africa | 138 | 1:392,592 | 34,819 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Makwele (175) may also be a first name.
Makwele Demographics
Average Makwele Salary in
South Africa
R 92,928
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makwele is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwele? popularity and diffusion
Makwele is the 648,005th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwele reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 175 people.
The surname Makwele is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 99,685. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 64 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live and Central Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Zambia it 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 adherence of those holding the Makwele last name 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
- 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 Makwele
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