Makwinja Surname

35,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Makwinja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makwinja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi13,4101:1,277113
Zimbabwe6001:25,7303,929
Tanzania4371:121,14811,507
Botswana1761:12,4262,362
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Zambia221:720,45126,729
United States141:25,889,924709,614
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Makwinja (53) may also be a first name.

Makwinja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makwinja occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Makwinja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 35,872nd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 495,549 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwinja are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Makwinja is also the 1,366,219th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 53 people.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 13,410 people, or 1 in 1,277. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.

Makwinja Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Makwinja earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 24.85% less than the national average, earning R 178,584 per year and in United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,054 USD 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 Makwinja
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