Makamase Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Makamase Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makamase Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho441:46,1947,453
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makamase (24) may also be a first name.

Makamase Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makamase is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makamase.

How Common Is The Last Name Makamase? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Makamase are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Makamase is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name internationally, borne by 24 people.

The last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 46,194. In Lesotho Makamase is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 80 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 16 percent live and Berea District, where 2 percent live. Besides Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Makamase Last Name Statistics demography

Makamase earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.53% less than the national average, earning R 27,264 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
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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 Makamase
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