Makaranga Surname

60,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Makaranga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makaranga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7,6051:6,961915
Zimbabwe6871:22,4723,386
England131:4,286,005132,302
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Makaranga (1,283) may also be a first name.

Makaranga Last Name Facts

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

Makaranga is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Makaranga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makaranga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 60,522nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 875,591 people. Makaranga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makaranga reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Makaranga is also the 220,056th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 1,283 people.

The surname Makaranga is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 7,605 people, or 1 in 6,961. In Tanzania Makaranga is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 16 percent reside, Mara Region, where 16 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and England, 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 Makaranga
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