Makapi Surname
Approximately 923 people bear this surname
Makapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 627 | 1:84,436 | 8,606 |
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makapi (147) may also be a first name.
Makapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makapi (Marathi: माकपी) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makapi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makapi is the 385,006th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,895,499 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Makapi are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 147 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 84,436. In Tanzania Makapi is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 85 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 15 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makapi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makapi in the Marathi language | ||
| माकपी | makapi | - |
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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 Makapi
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