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
Makonta is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Makonta.
How Common Is The Last Name Makonta? popularity and diffusion
Makonta is the 764,765th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. Makonta is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makonta live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania Makonta is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Makonta occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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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