Makaraba Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Makaraba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makaraba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria921:1,925,46568,462
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Makaraba (24) may also be a first name.

Makaraba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Makaraba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Makaraba occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makaraba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Makaraba is the 1,484,726th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Makaraba are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name globally It is held by 24 people.

The surname Makaraba is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria Makaraba is most numerous in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Bayelsa, where 38 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Makaraba Last Name Statistics demography

Makaraba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.88% less than the national average, earning R 114,360 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
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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 Makaraba
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