Makhanga Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Makhanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makhanga (25) may also be a first name.
Makhanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makhanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makhanga is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makhanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makhanga is the 571,325th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makhanga are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name worldwide, borne by 25 people.
The surname Makhanga is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Not including Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Botswana, where 9 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 Makhanga
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