Makajane Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Makajane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 159 | 1:12,783 | 2,829 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Makajane (10) may also be a first name.
Makajane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makajane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makajane is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makajane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makajane is the 1,359,010th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Makajane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makajane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makajane is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename world-wide, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 12,783. In Lesotho Makajane is most common in: Mokhotlong District, where 73 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 19 percent live and Maseru District, where 3 percent live. Apart from Lesotho Makajane exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Botswana, where 1 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
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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 Makajane
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