Makodza Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Makodza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makodza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3211:48,0947,363
Zambia311:511,28822,588
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makodza (23) may also be a first name.

Makodza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makodza is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makodza? popularity and diffusion

Makodza is the 791,719th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname Makodza is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makodza are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Makodza is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 23 people.

The last name Makodza is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 48,094. In Zimbabwe Makodza is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 32 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 26 percent live and Harare Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
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  • 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 Makodza
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