Maklasi Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maklasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maklasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Maklasi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maklasi is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Maklasi.

How Common Is The Last Name Maklasi? popularity and diffusion

Maklasi is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maklasi are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magklasi9327/
Maklatsi932/
Magklasis8877/
Meklasi86101/
Makhlousi751/
Moklaci7118/
Moklaji715/
Maklaza713/
Maclaji711/
Maklache67139/
Mokhlesi6751/
Maklougi6712/
Moklatsy674/
Mokhlasa671/
Moklachi671/
Moklotsi671/

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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 Maklasi
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