Makonja Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Makonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Makonja Demographics
Average Makonja Salary in
South Africa
R 74,580
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makonja is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makonja? popularity and diffusion
Makonja is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makonja are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Makonja Last Name Statistics demography
Makonja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.62% less than the national average, earning R 74,580 per year.
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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 Makonja
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