Makotsa Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Makotsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 223 | 1:69,230 | 10,336 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Makotsa (26) may also be a first name.
Makotsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makotsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makotsa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Makotsa.
How Common Is The Last Name Makotsa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,044,719th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makotsa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 26 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 69,230. In Zimbabwe Makotsa is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 45 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 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 Makotsa
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