Makalake Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Makalake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makalake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Makalake (36) may also be a first name.

Makalake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makalake is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makalake? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Makalake is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Makalake are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname Makalake is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 67 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 11 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Makalake exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Makalake
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