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
Makeu occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makeu.
How Common Is The Last Name Makeu? popularity and diffusion
Makeu is the 287,894th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,467,026 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Makeu live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Makeu is also the 463,770th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 353 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,092 people, or 1 in 19,019. In Cameroon Makeu is most prevalent in: West Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 21 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Makeu
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