Maxwele Surname

490,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maxwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maxwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6731:80,5029,952
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Maxwele (15) may also be a first name.

Maxwele Last Name Facts

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

Maxwele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Maxwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Maxwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 490,615th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,796,364 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maxwele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 15 people.

The surname Maxwele is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 673 people, or 1 in 80,502. In South Africa Maxwele is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent are found, Western Cape, where 17 percent are found and Gauteng, where 4 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Maxwele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Maxwele has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Maxwele last name fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Maxwele Last Name Statistics demography

Maxwele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.74% less than the national average, earning R 112,296 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 Maxwele
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