Makinyani Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Makinyani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makinyani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Makinyani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makinyani is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makinyani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makinyani is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Makinyani occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makinyani reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Makinyani is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe Makinyani is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 75 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 13 percent are found and Matabeleland North Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe Makinyani exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 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 Makinyani
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