Makanje Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Makanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 224 | 1:68,921 | 10,300 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makanje occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makanje is the 538,780th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makanje reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Without taking into account Malawi Makanje occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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
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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
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