Makeba Surname
Approximately 887 people bear this surname
Makeba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 1:233,913 | 25,760 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 7 | 1:25,346 | 1,305 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Makeba (1,437) may also be a first name.
Makeba Demographics
Makeba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makeba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makeba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makeba occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makeba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makeba is the 397,164th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,215,948 people. The last name Makeba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Makeba reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 205,834th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 1,437 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 192,803. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Western Cape, where 11 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Malawi, where 12 percent are found.
Makeba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Makeba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Makeba earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 19.34% less than the national average, earning R 191,688 per year and in United States they earn 7.37% more than the national average, earning $46,327 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Makeba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis