Makatta Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Makatta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makatta (32) may also be a first name.
Makatta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makatta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makatta is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Makatta.
How Common Is The Last Name Makatta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,871,545th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Makatta occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Makatta live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 622,843. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 81 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Makatta
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