Makas Surname
Approximately 3,637 people bear this surname
Makas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,915 | 1:40,638 | 4,181 |
| Belarus | 528 | 1:17,994 | 2,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 175 | 1:46,593 | 5,775 |
| Kenya | 164 | 1:281,585 | 18,349 |
| Australia | 144 | 1:187,470 | 18,739 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Russia | 99 | 1:1,455,788 | 100,531 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Austria | 55 | 1:154,826 | 20,536 |
| Greece | 39 | 1:284,097 | 42,188 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Makaś (176), Makás (39) & Makaš (18) are calculated separately.
Makas (374) may also be a first name.
Makas Demographics
Average Makas Salary in
United States
$60,405 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Makas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makas (Arabic: ميكس, Hindi: मकस, Marathi: मकास, Oriya: ମାନସ, Russian: Макась) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Makaś, Makás or Makaš. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makas is the 125,213th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,003,724 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 47 percent of Makas live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Makas is also the 448,725th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 374 people.
It is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 1,915 people, or 1 in 40,638. In Turkey Makas is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 14 percent reside and Edirne Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Turkey Makas exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Makas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (66%) in Belarus and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Makas last name are 5.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.08% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Makas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.51% less than the national average, earning 219,714 kr per year; in United States they earn 39.99% more than the national average, earning $60,405 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.62% less than the national average, earning $37,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makas in the Hindi language | ||
| मकस | makasa | - |
| Makas in the Marathi language | ||
| मकास | makasa | 80.65 |
| माकस | makasa | 16.13 |
| माकास | makasa | 3.23 |
| Makas in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାନସ | manasa | 50 |
| ମାକସ | makasa | 50 |
| Makas in the Russian language | ||
| Макась | makas | - |
| Makas in the Arabic language | ||
| ميكس | myks | - |
| مقاس | mqas | - |
| معقصه | mqsh | - |
| ماقس | maqs | - |
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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 Makas
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