Maketso Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Maketso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maketso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2371:194,85214,347
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Maketso (191) may also be a first name.

Maketso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maketso is most common in Kenya. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maketso? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,038,570th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Maketso occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maketso live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 657,437th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 191 people.

Maketso is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 194,852. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Busia County, where 76 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 21 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Maketso occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Maketso Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Maketso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.44% less than the national average, earning R 113,016 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 Maketso
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