Makazi Surname
Approximately 997 people bear this surname
Makazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 427 | 1:108,150 | 9,291 |
| Uganda | 168 | 1:232,377 | 17,736 |
| Jordan | 112 | 1:78,950 | 6,344 |
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makazi (500) may also be a first name.
Makazi Demographics
Makazi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makazi occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makazi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 362,542nd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,309,474 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Makazi are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Makazi is also the 379,225th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 500 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 427 people, or 1 in 108,150. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 33 percent live, Kwale County, where 33 percent live and Mombasa County, where 32 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Jordan, where 11 percent live.
Makazi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Makazi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.63% less than the national average, earning R 126,828 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 Makazi
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