Makaja Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Makaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 115 | 1:17,674 | 3,782 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makaja (136) may also be a first name.
Makaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makaja (Marathi: मकाजा) is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makaja is the 1,022,958th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The last name Makaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Makaja reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 136 people.
The surname Makaja is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 17,674. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 83 percent reside, Berea District, where 13 percent reside and Maseru District, where 3 percent reside. Not including Lesotho it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Botswana, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makaja in the Marathi language | ||
| मकाजा | makaja | - |
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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 Makaja
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