Makaba Surname
Approximately 6,736 people bear this surname
Makaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,675 | 1:27,619 | 3,467 |
| South Africa | 2,057 | 1:26,338 | 3,379 |
| Lesotho | 418 | 1:4,863 | 981 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Congo | 300 | 1:16,630 | 2,023 |
| Zambia | 196 | 1:80,867 | 6,857 |
| Botswana | 193 | 1:11,331 | 2,140 |
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 1:1,740,121 | 112,888 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Makaba (694) may also be a first name.
Makaba Demographics
Average Makaba Salary in
South Africa
R 166,260
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makaba (Arabic: ماكابي, Marathi: मकबा) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 73,131st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,081,880 people. Makaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Makaba live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Makaba is also the 313,811th most widespread first name on earth, held by 694 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,675 people, or 1 in 27,619. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 31 percent are found and Lesotho, where 6 percent are found.
Makaba Last Name Statistics demography
Makaba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.04% less than the national average, earning R 166,260 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makaba in the Marathi language | ||
| मकबा | makaba | 97.6 |
| अकबर | akabara | 0.8 |
| Makaba in the Arabic language | ||
| ماكابي | makaby | - |
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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 Makaba
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