Makafui Surname
Approximately 2,294 people bear this surname
Makafui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,286 | 1:11,820 | 1,565 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Makafui (6,728) may also be a first name.
Makafui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makafui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makafui is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makafui? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makafui is the 184,833rd most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,176,785 people. The last name Makafui is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makafui reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 79,622nd most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 6,728 people.
Makafui is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,286 people, or 1 in 11,820. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Makafui
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