Makamane Surname

476,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Makamane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makamane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3461:156,58317,671
Lesotho1541:13,1982,920
Botswana991:22,0904,408
Burkina Faso941:195,2354,316
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Iceland21:190,0456,825

Makamane (172) may also be a first name.

Makamane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makamane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makamane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 476,328th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,381,120 people. The surname Makamane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makamane live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makamane is also the 696,764th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 172 people.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 156,583. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 45 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and North West, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 22 percent live and Botswana, where 14 percent live.

Makamane Last Name Statistics demography

Makamane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.86% less than the national average, earning R 104,904 per year.

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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 Makamane
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