Maku Surname
Approximately 16,742 people bear this surname
Maku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,419 | 1:40,087 | 3,193 |
| Indonesia | 3,222 | 1:41,046 | 4,726 |
| South Africa | 1,600 | 1:33,861 | 4,325 |
| Cameroon | 1,327 | 1:15,651 | 2,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,256 | 1:6,492 | 423 |
| DR Congo | 1,183 | 1:62,451 | 7,409 |
| Uganda | 1,163 | 1:33,568 | 4,484 |
| India | 831 | 1:923,063 | 39,830 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Kenya | 434 | 1:106,405 | 9,167 |
| Iran | 147 | 1:522,330 | 30,518 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Thailand | 80 | 1:882,979 | 139,249 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Albania | 44 | 1:66,229 | 7,750 |
| Japan | 43 | 1:2,973,123 | 32,937 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Maku (24,796) may also be a first name.
Maku Demographics
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Maku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maku (Arabic: مكو, Bengali: মাকু, Hindi: मकू, Marathi: मकू, Oriya: ମକୁ, Tibetan: མ་ཀུ་) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maku is the 31,857th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 435,285 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Maku reside; 30 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 32,221st most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 24,796 people.
The surname Maku is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,419 people, or 1 in 40,087. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 12 percent live, Ogun, where 12 percent live and Anambra, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Maku Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Maku has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maku surname rose 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Maku last name is chiefly Christian (88%) in Kenya and Christian (71%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Maku are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Maku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.55% less than the national average, earning R 141,264 per year; in United States they earn 15.47% more than the national average, earning $49,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% more than the national average, earning $53,143 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maku in the Bengali language | ||
| মাকু | maku | - |
| Maku in the Oriya language | ||
| ମକୁ | maku | 74.44 |
| ମାକୁ | maku | 21.08 |
| ମକୁାଇଁ | makua'im | 3.59 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 0.9 |
| Maku in the Marathi language | ||
| मकू | maku | 42.21 |
| मकु | maku | 35.2 |
| माकु | maku | 11.68 |
| माकू | maku | 10.75 |
| Maku in the Hindi language | ||
| मकू | maku | 37.76 |
| मकु | maku | 34.54 |
| माकू | maku | 19.92 |
| माकु | maku | 6.26 |
| मैकू | maiku | 0.95 |
| मक्ु | maku | 0.19 |
| Maku in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ཀུ་ | maku | 33.33 |
| མ་སྐུ་ | maku | 33.33 |
| མར་གུ། | margu | 16.67 |
| མ་ཁུ་ | makhu | 16.67 |
| Maku in the Arabic language | ||
| مكو | mkw | - |
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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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- 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 Maku
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