Maksha Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Maksha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 313 | 1:565,951 | 27,462 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Maksha (145) may also be a first name.
Maksha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maksha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maksha (Hindi: मकशा, Marathi: मकशा, Russian: Макша) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maksha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 857,026th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maksha live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maksha is also the 766,399th most common first name world-wide It is held by 145 people.
The surname Maksha is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 313 people, or 1 in 565,951. In Nigeria Maksha is most common in: Adamawa, where 91 percent are found, Borno, where 6 percent are found and Yobe, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maksha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maksha in the Marathi language | ||
| मकशा | makasa | - |
| Maksha in the Hindi language | ||
| मकशा | makasa | 75 |
| मक्शा | maksa | 25 |
| Maksha in the Russian language | ||
| Макша | maksa | - |
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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 Maksha
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