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
Makaba (Arabic: ماكابي, Marathi: मकबा) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 73,131st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,081,880 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 694 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,675 people, or 1 in 27,619. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also common 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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