Makheti Surname
Approximately 1,537 people bear this surname
Makheti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,284 | 1:35,966 | 3,871 |
| Uganda | 233 | 1:167,551 | 14,308 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
Makheti (179) may also be a first name.
Makheti Demographics
Makheti Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makheti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makheti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makheti is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Makheti.
How Common Is The Last Name Makheti? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 256,490th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,741,409 people. The surname Makheti is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makheti reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Makheti is also the 681,368th most common forename world-wide, borne by 179 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,284 people, or 1 in 35,966. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 54 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 14 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Makheti Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Makheti earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.71% less than the national average, earning R 38,700 per year.
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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 Makheti
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