Makaou Surname
Approximately 5,964 people bear this surname
Makaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5,105 | 1:3,759 | 365 |
| Congo | 842 | 1:5,925 | 919 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Makaou (592) may also be a first name.
Makaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makaou is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Makaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makaou is the 81,444th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,221,923 people. Makaou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makaou live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Chadic Africa. Makaou is also the 343,796th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 592 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 5,105 people, or 1 in 3,759. In Niger Makaou is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 82 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 8 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 14 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Makaou
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