Makaiva Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Makaiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
Makaiva (27) may also be a first name.
Makaiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makaiva is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaiva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Makaiva occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Makaiva reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Makaiva is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 27 people.
Makaiva is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 54 percent live, Delta, where 31 percent live and Ondo, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria Makaiva is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 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 Makaiva
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