Makwi Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Makwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 290 | 1:182,557 | 15,833 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Makwi (47) may also be a first name.
Makwi Demographics
Makwi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Makwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makwi is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwi is the 806,178th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Makwi reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Makwi is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 47 people.
The surname Makwi is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 182,557. In Tanzania Makwi is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 54 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 44 percent live and Geita Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Makwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Makwi
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