Makenja Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Makenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makenja has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makenja? popularity and diffusion
Makenja is the 2,352,516th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Makenja is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Makenja reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 834,206. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Zambia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 23 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 Makenja
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