Makalaya Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Makalaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 128 | 1:360,780 | 21,015 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Makalaya (19) may also be a first name.
Makalaya Demographics
Makalaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makalaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makalaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makalaya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Makalaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Makalaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Makalaya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Makalaya is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya Makalaya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 95 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 3 percent are found and Busia County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Makalaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Makalaya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Makalaya
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