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 frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 703,644th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mekwe are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mekwe is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 36 people.
Mekwe is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 216,711. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 44 percent are found, North West, where 41 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
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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