Makama Surname
Approximately 27,797 people bear this surname
Makama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18,907 | 1:9,369 | 1,031 |
| South Africa | 4,533 | 1:11,952 | 1,495 |
| Swaziland | 1,162 | 1:1,117 | 146 |
| DR Congo | 985 | 1:75,005 | 8,732 |
| Tanzania | 780 | 1:67,874 | 7,159 |
| Niger | 535 | 1:35,873 | 1,973 |
| Lesotho | 298 | 1:6,821 | 1,452 |
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Zimbabwe | 72 | 1:214,420 | 24,333 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Zambia | 46 | 1:344,564 | 18,269 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Makama (5,133) may also be a first name.
Makama Demographics
Average Makama Salary in
South Africa
R 197,616
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻪ, Marathi: मकमा, Oriya: ମାକାମା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Makama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,731st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 262,170 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makama live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Makama is also the 94,647th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 5,133 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18,907 people, or 1 in 9,369. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 25 percent live, Niger, where 12 percent live and Jigawa, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 16 percent live and Swaziland, where 4 percent live.
Makama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Makama surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (57%) in Nigeria.
Makama earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.84% less than the national average, earning R 197,616 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makama in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାକାମା | makama | 84.62 |
| ମାକମା | makama | 15.38 |
| Makama in the Marathi language | ||
| मकमा | makama | 66.67 |
| मकामाार | makamaara | 16.67 |
| मकामा | makama | 16.67 |
| Makama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻪ | mqamh | 50 |
| ﻣﻘﺎﻡ | mqam | 50 |
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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 Makama
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