Makiyu Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Makiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Makiyu (232) may also be a first name.
Makiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makiyu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makiyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makiyu is the 1,017,412th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makiyu live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Makiyu is also the 588,797th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 232 people.
The last name Makiyu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 430,420. In Tanzania Makiyu is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 96 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 48 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Makiyu
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