Makopa Surname
Approximately 3,566 people bear this surname
Makopa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,592 | 1:9,697 | 1,209 |
| Tanzania | 991 | 1:53,422 | 5,876 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Zambia | 106 | 1:149,528 | 10,754 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Makopa (710) may also be a first name.
Makopa Demographics
Average Makopa Salary in
South Africa
R 83,988
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makopa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makopa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makopa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makopa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makopa is the 127,254th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,043,619 people. The last name Makopa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makopa live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 309,966th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 710 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,592 people, or 1 in 9,697. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 33 percent live, Midlands Province, where 29 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and Malawi, where 12 percent live.
Makopa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
Makopa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.66% less than the national average, earning R 83,988 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 Makopa
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