Makenete Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Makenete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makenete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3441:5,9091,225
South Africa2451:221,13323,158
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makenete (47) may also be a first name.

Makenete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makenete occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Makenete.

How Common Is The Last Name Makenete? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makenete is the 540,721st most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. The last name Makenete is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makenete are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 47 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 5,909. In Lesotho Makenete is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 81 percent are found, Maseru District, where 12 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho Makenete occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 41 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Makenete Last Name Statistics demography

Makenete earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning R 242,868 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
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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 Makenete
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