Makwelele Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Makwelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 501 | 1:31,637 | 3,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
Makwelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwelele is found most in Zambia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwelele? popularity and diffusion
Makwelele is the 606,498th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwelele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 31,637. In Zambia Makwelele is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent are found, Southern Province, where 41 percent are found and Central Province, where 6 percent are found. Barring Zambia Makwelele is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makweelele | 95 | 1 | / |
| Makwelela | 89 | 17 | / |
| Mokwelele | 89 | 2 | / |
| Magwelele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mangwelele | 84 | 43 | / |
| Mokuelele | 78 | 28 | / |
| Mokwelela | 78 | 2 | / |
| Maquelele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Maguelele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mokwaleli | 67 | 6 | / |
| Makwalale | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maquileles | 63 | 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
- 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 Makwelele
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