Makingi Surname
Approximately 3,688 people bear this surname
Makingi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,153 | 1:24,590 | 3,019 |
| DR Congo | 1,532 | 1:48,224 | 5,835 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Makingi (36) may also be a first name.
Makingi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makingi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makingi is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makingi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 123,736th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,976,016 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makingi live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common given name on earth, borne by 36 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,153 people, or 1 in 24,590. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Geita Region, where 21 percent live, Njombe Region, where 14 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Makingi
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