Makaika Surname
Approximately 2,568 people bear this surname
Makaika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,457 | 1:6,967 | 1,006 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Makaika (125) may also be a first name.
Makaika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makaika occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaika? popularity and diffusion
Makaika is the 168,291st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,837,829 people. The last name Makaika is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makaika live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 832,731st most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 125 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,457 people, or 1 in 6,967. Beside Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and Zambia, where 1 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
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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 Makaika
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