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 most common in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makingi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 123,736th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,976,016 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makingi are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Makingi is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 36 people.
Makingi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,153 people, or 1 in 24,590. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Geita Region, where 21 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 14 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Makingi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 42 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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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