Makeu Surname
Approximately 1,333 people bear this surname
Makeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,092 | 1:19,019 | 2,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 213 | 1:38,280 | 4,620 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Makeu (353) may also be a first name.
Makeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makeu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makeu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makeu is the 287,894th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,467,026 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Makeu are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 463,770th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 353 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,092 people, or 1 in 19,019. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 48 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 21 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Makeu exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Makeu
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