Makepe Surname
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname
Makepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 686 | 1:2,963 | 488 |
| Botswana | 518 | 1:4,222 | 623 |
| South Africa | 219 | 1:247,387 | 25,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makepe (230) may also be a first name.
Makepe Demographics
Average Makepe Salary in
South Africa
R 107,592
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makepe is most common in Lesotho. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makepe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 269,545th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,032,836 people. The last name Makepe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Makepe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 591,855th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 230 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 686 people, or 1 in 2,963. In Lesotho Makepe is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 49 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 12 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 36 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.
Makepe Last Name Statistics demography
Makepe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.72% less than the national average, earning R 107,592 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
- 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 Makepe
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