Makgoeng Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Makgoeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makgoeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2041:10,7202,004
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Makgoeng (34) may also be a first name.

Makgoeng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makgoeng is held by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makgoeng.

How Common Is The Last Name Makgoeng? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makgoeng reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Makgoeng is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 34 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 10,720. Apart from Botswana this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and China, 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
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  • 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
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