Mekwe Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Mekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 250 | 1:216,711 | 22,792 |
| Botswana | 88 | 1:24,851 | 5,011 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mekwe (36) may also be a first name.
Mekwe Demographics
Average Mekwe Salary in
South Africa
R 129,480
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekwe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 703,644th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mekwe live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mekwe is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 36 people.
This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 216,711. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 44 percent reside, North West, where 41 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Mekwe exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Mekwe Last Name Statistics demography
Mekwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.51% less than the national average, earning R 129,480 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 Mekwe
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