Makgau Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Makgau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 232 | 1:9,426 | 1,714 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Makgau (83) may also be a first name.
Makgau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makgau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makgau is more commonly found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Makgau.
How Common Is The Last Name Makgau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makgau live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Makgau is also the 1,052,971st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 83 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 9,426. Excluding Botswana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Makgau
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