Makonta Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Makonta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 353 | 1:149,976 | 13,619 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Makonta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makonta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makonta occurs most in Tanzania. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makonta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makonta is the 764,765th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. The last name Makonta is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makonta live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania Makonta is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 80 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Makonta is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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 Makonta
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