Makwey Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Makwey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Makwey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwey is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makwey.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Makwey live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 16 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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
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