Makakasi Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Uganda

Makakasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makakasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Makakasi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Makakasi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Makakasi is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makakasi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makakasi is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makakasi live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Makakasi is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 90 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 42 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Makakasi
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