Makandai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Makandai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Makandai (12) may also be a first name.
Makandai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makandai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makandai is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makandai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Makandai reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Makandai is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Makandai is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 90 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Makandai
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