Makwena Surname
Approximately 1,613 people bear this surname
Makwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,148 | 1:47,193 | 6,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 403 | 1:38,308 | 5,933 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makwena (7,549) may also be a first name.
Makwena Demographics
Average Makwena Salary in
South Africa
R 113,568
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makwena is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 246,537th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,518,007 people. The surname Makwena is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwena live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makwena is also the 73,893rd most frequent first name in the world, held by 7,549 people.
Makwena is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,148 people, or 1 in 47,193. In South Africa Makwena is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Northern Cape, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa Makwena exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Makwena Last Name Statistics demography
Makwena earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.21% less than the national average, earning R 113,568 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 Makwena
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