Maketela Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Maketela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maketela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5461:99,22712,040
Lesotho351:58,0738,518
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Maketela (37) may also be a first name.

Maketela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maketela occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maketela.

How Common Is The Last Name Maketela? popularity and diffusion

Maketela is the 549,140th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maketela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37 people.

Maketela is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 546 people, or 1 in 99,227. In South Africa Maketela is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found and North West, where 8 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Maketela Last Name Statistics demography

Maketela earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.21% less than the national average, earning R 215,760 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 Maketela
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