Makelis Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Makelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania111:275,87215,925
England51:11,143,612252,590
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makelis (22) may also be a first name.

Makelis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Makelis Come From? nationality or country of origin

Makelis (Russian: Макэлис) is borne by more people in Lithuania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Makelis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Makelis live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.

The surname is most numerous in Lithuania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 275,872. In Lithuania it is most prevalent in: Kaunas County, where 36 percent live, Utena County, where 36 percent live and Vilnius County, where 27 percent live. Outside of Lithuania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and Greece, where 21 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Makelis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Makelis in the Russian language
Макэлисmakelis-

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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
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  • 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 Makelis
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