Makena Surname
Approximately 50,725 people bear this surname
Makena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 40,217 | 1:1,148 | 185 |
| South Africa | 6,829 | 1:7,933 | 1,003 |
| DR Congo | 910 | 1:81,186 | 9,366 |
| Tanzania | 697 | 1:75,956 | 7,884 |
| Zambia | 565 | 1:28,053 | 2,921 |
| India | 526 | 1:1,458,299 | 55,347 |
| Lesotho | 256 | 1:7,940 | 1,755 |
| Indonesia | 248 | 1:533,263 | 43,166 |
| Zimbabwe | 193 | 1:79,991 | 11,722 |
| Papua New Guinea | 104 | 1:78,401 | 10,308 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Namibia | 7 | 1:344,200 | 10,409 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Māķena (1) are calculated separately.
Makena (10,078) may also be a first name.
Makena Demographics
Makena Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makena (Marathi: मकेना, Russian: Макена) is found most in Kenya. It can occur as: Māķena. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,074th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 143,668 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Makena live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 60,922nd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 10,078 people.
The surname Makena is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 40,217 people, or 1 in 1,148. In Kenya it is most common in: Meru County, where 62 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 17 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 6 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Makena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Makena earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.42% less than the national average, earning R 143,952 per year and in United States they earn 79.9% more than the national average, earning $77,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makena in the Marathi language | ||
| मकेना | makena | - |
| Makena in the Russian language | ||
| Макена | makena | - |
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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 Makena
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