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 surname Makenda is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makenda.
How Common Is The Last Name Makenda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 396,198th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,188,254 people. It 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 frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 144 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 88,479. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 2 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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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