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 most common in South Africa. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Makelana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makelana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makelana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 113,580. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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