Makwenya Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
Makwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 369 | 1:41,838 | 6,456 |
| Zambia | 137 | 1:115,693 | 8,909 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Makwenya (27) may also be a first name.
Makwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makwenya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Makwenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwenya is the 595,654th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname Makwenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwenya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 27 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 41,838. In Zimbabwe Makwenya is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 36 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 29 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makwinya | 88 | 2,679 | / |
| Magwenya | 88 | 476 | / |
| Mokwenya | 88 | 24 | / |
| Makwenja | 88 | 12 | / |
| Makwenha | 88 | 3 | / |
| Makwenye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mangwenya | 82 | 97 | / |
| Makwinyah | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mackwanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Makwanyah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mang'wenya | 78 | 22 | / |
| Mangw'enya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Makwinja | 75 | 14,706 | / |
| Mokwenye | 75 | 902 | / |
| Makwinye | 75 | 274 | / |
| Makwenje | 75 | 165 | / |
| Magwinya | 75 | 74 | / |
| Mogwenya | 75 | 46 | / |
| Makuenia | 75 | 41 | / |
| Makwanja | 75 | 16 | / |
| Mokwanya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Makwenji | 75 | 2 | / |
| Makwinha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Magbenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makwania | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mokwenyei | 71 | 136 | / |
| Mankuenia | 71 | 48 | / |
| Mongwenya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mangwenja | 71 | 12 | / |
| Makwinjah | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mokweunye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokwenyer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokweneha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Manguenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mankwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makwengeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mankwinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maingwanya | 67 | 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 Makwenya
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