Makwetsa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Makwetsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwetsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Makwetsa (52) may also be a first name.

Makwetsa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makwetsa is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Makwetsa.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwetsa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makwetsa is the 3,798,600th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwetsa reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 52 people.

Makwetsa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Makwetsa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 89 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found and North West, where 5 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Makwetsa Last Name Statistics demography

Makwetsa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.91% less than the national average, earning R 66,756 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 Makwetsa
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