Makaina Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Makaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Makaina (35) may also be a first name.
Makaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makaina occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaina? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Makaina live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon Makaina is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found, Centre Region, where 2 percent are found and North Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Makaina
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