Makeny Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Makeny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Makeny (17) may also be a first name.
Makeny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makeny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makeny occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makeny? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Makeny live; 41 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 17 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Turkana County, where 82 percent live, Kisii County, where 9 percent live and Nakuru County, where 9 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 24 percent live and Sudan, where 14 percent live.
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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 Makeny
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