Makweya Surname
Approximately 2,024 people bear this surname
Makweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 863 | 1:19,837 | 3,086 |
| South Africa | 680 | 1:79,673 | 9,852 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makweya (60) may also be a first name.
Makweya Demographics
Average Makweya Salary in
South Africa
R 241,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makweya is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makweya? popularity and diffusion
Makweya is the 205,095th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,600,566 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makweya live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makweya is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 60 people.
Makweya is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Apart from Malawi Makweya exists in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.
Makweya Last Name Statistics demography
Makweya earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning R 241,284 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 Makweya
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