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
The last name Makaja (Marathi: मकाजा) is most common in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,022,958th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Makaja reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Makaja is also the 794,286th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 136 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 17,674. In Lesotho Makaja is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 83 percent reside, Berea District, where 13 percent reside and Maseru District, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name exists 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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