Makotha Surname
Approximately 1,760 people bear this surname
Makotha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,747 | 1:30,304 | 3,605 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Makotha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makotha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makotha is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Makotha.
How Common Is The Last Name Makotha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 230,013th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,140,651 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makotha are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,747 people, or 1 in 30,304. In Tanzania Makotha is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 92 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 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 Makotha
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