Makenda Surname
Approximately 890 people bear this surname
Makenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 835 | 1:88,479 | 10,091 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Makenda (144) may also be a first name.
Makenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makenda is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Makenda.
How Common Is The Last Name Makenda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 396,198th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,188,254 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makenda reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Makenda is also the 769,375th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 144 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 88,479. Beside The DR Congo this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 2 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Makenda
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