Makoja Surname
Approximately 782 people bear this surname
Makoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 718 | 1:73,735 | 7,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 63 | 1:245,051 | 26,542 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Makoja (14) may also be a first name.
Makoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makoja is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makoja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 438,351st most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. The surname Makoja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makoja are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Makoja is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 718 people, or 1 in 73,735. In Tanzania Makoja is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 39 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 25 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Lebanon, 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 Makoja
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