Makaza Surname
Approximately 12,564 people bear this surname
Makaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9,590 | 1:1,610 | 84 |
| Tanzania | 1,110 | 1:47,695 | 5,354 |
| DR Congo | 739 | 1:99,972 | 11,221 |
| South Africa | 694 | 1:78,066 | 9,679 |
| Zambia | 313 | 1:50,639 | 4,755 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Namibia | 30 | 1:80,313 | 7,828 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 20 | 1:298,633 | 26,437 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Makaza (477) may also be a first name.
Makaza Demographics
Average Makaza Salary in
South Africa
R 171,312
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makaza has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,542nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 580,034 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makaza reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 389,495th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 477 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 9,590 people, or 1 in 1,610. In Zimbabwe Makaza is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found and Harare Province, where 16 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Makaza Last Name Statistics demography
Makaza earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.91% less than the national average, earning R 171,312 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
- 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 Makaza
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