Maktu Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Maktu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maktu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Bhutan11:616,0391,715

Maktu (76) may also be a first name.

Maktu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maktu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Maktu (Hindi: मकटू, Marathi: माकतु, Oriya: ମକ୍ତୁ, Russian: Макту, Tibetan: དམག་ཀྲུ།) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maktu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maktu is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Maktu reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread forename internationally It is held by 76 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Maktu is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 93 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and Bhutan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maktut915/
Maktou913/
Maktud912/
Maktau911/
Makthu911/
Maiketu831,340/
Maktush832/
Maktous831/
MacTu80558/
Magtu805/
Moktu801/
Makhtout77210/
Maktoush7750/
Maqutu73562/
Magtud7313/
Maktoo738/
Mokthu733/
Macthu732/
Magtus732/
Macteu731/
Mactou731/
Magtou731/
Magtut731/
Mektou731/
Maquthu67610/
Maigtud6712/
Mouktou676/
Makhttoutt674/
Macthou674/
Mactoux673/
Mokhtou671/
Mactoup671/
Mgoktou671/
Magtout671/
Mokhtout621/
MacTouch621/
Magtoo551/
Moqtoud502/
Mouctou502/

Maktu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maktu in the Tibetan language
དམག་ཀྲུ།maktru-
Maktu in the Oriya language
ମକ୍ତୁmaktu-
Maktu in the Hindi language
मकटूmakatu66.67
मकतूmakatu33.33
Maktu in the Marathi language
माकतुmakatu66.67
मक्mak33.33
Maktu in the Russian language
Мактуmaktu-

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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
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  • 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 Maktu
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