Makalanga Surname
Approximately 2,051 people bear this surname
Makalanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,593 | 1:33,234 | 3,905 |
| Philippines | 361 | 1:280,438 | 40,653 |
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Makalanga (461) may also be a first name.
Makalanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makalanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makalanga is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makalanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 202,948th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,553,167 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Makalanga are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 397,322nd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 461 people.
The surname Makalanga is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,593 people, or 1 in 33,234. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 30 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 20 percent live and Tabora Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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
- 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 Makalanga
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