Makinda Surname

87,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Makinda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makinda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,8251:13,8411,794
DR Congo1,4911:49,5505,981
Kenya871:530,80326,276
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Congo101:498,91011,250
Gabon91:209,9102,378
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Makinda (244) may also be a first name.

Makinda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makinda (Marathi: मािंकदा) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makinda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 87,370th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,323,564 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makinda are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Makinda is also the 571,890th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 244 people.

Makinda is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,825 people, or 1 in 13,841. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 17 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 13 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Makinda Last Name Statistics demography

Makinda earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.3% less than the national average, earning R 99,096 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Makinda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Makinda in the Marathi language
मािंकदाmainkada77.78
मकींदाmakinda11.11
मेािंकदाmeainkada11.11

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Makinda
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