Makassa Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Makassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 93 | 1:53,646 | 4,856 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Makassá (1) are calculated separately.
Makassa (87) may also be a first name.
Makassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻛﺎﺻﺎ, Russian: Макасса) occurs most in The Congo. It can be rendered as a variant: Makassá. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makassa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,073,555th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. Makassa is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Makassa are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 87 people.
It is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 53,646. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Brazzaville Department, where 89 percent live, Bouenza Department, where 10 percent live and Niari Department, where 1 percent live. Excluding The Congo this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻛﺎﺻﺎ | makasa | 50 |
| ﻣﺎﻛﺎﺳﺎ | makasa | 50 |
| Makassa in the Russian language | ||
| Макасса | makassa | - |
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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 Makassa
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