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 is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaina? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makaina is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Makaina occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Makaina reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 35 people.
The last name Makaina is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live, Centre Region, where 2 percent live and North Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Makaina occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 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 Makaina
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