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

The last name Maxwele has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maxwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Maxwele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 490,615th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 10,796,364 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maxwele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maxwele is also the 2,900,335th most common first name world-wide, held by 15 people.

Maxwele is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 673 people, or 1 in 80,502. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Maxwele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Maxwele has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Maxwele last name declined 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
  • 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 Maxwele
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