Makelana Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Makelana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 477 | 1:113,580 | 13,626 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makelana Demographics
Average Makelana Salary in
South Africa
R 99,108
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makelana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makelana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makelana is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Makelana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makelana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 637,196th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makelana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 113,580. In South Africa Makelana is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 18 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Makelana Last Name Statistics demography
Makelana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.29% less than the national average, earning R 99,108 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 Makelana
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