Makanga Surname
Approximately 23,919 people bear this surname
Makanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 4,657 | 1:1,071 | 168 |
| DR Congo | 3,810 | 1:19,391 | 2,447 |
| Kenya | 3,774 | 1:12,236 | 1,531 |
| Uganda | 3,460 | 1:11,283 | 1,886 |
| Tanzania | 2,862 | 1:18,498 | 2,369 |
| Gabon | 1,718 | 1:1,100 | 188 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,393 | 1:11,083 | 1,422 |
| Malawi | 810 | 1:21,135 | 3,253 |
| Namibia | 585 | 1:4,119 | 756 |
| Zambia | 574 | 1:27,613 | 2,888 |
| France | 120 | 1:553,523 | 75,172 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Makanga (1,269) may also be a first name.
Makanga Demographics
Average Makanga Salary in
United States
$43,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Makanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makanga has its highest incidence in The Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 22,712th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 304,676 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makanga live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 221,510th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 1,269 people.
Makanga is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 4,657 people, or 1 in 1,071. In The Congo it is most common in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 33 percent reside, Niari Department, where 25 percent reside and Brazzaville Department, where 23 percent reside. Outside of The Congo this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Kenya, where 16 percent reside.
Makanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Makanga last name is chiefly Christian (92%) in Kenya.
The amount Makanga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.08% more than the national average, earning R 268,716 per year and in United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD 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 Makanga
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