Makua Surname
Approximately 16,065 people bear this surname
Makua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14,007 | 1:3,868 | 514 |
| DR Congo | 1,040 | 1:71,038 | 8,316 |
| Tanzania | 415 | 1:127,570 | 11,995 |
| Papua New Guinea | 229 | 1:35,606 | 4,235 |
| United States | 189 | 1:1,917,772 | 124,288 |
| Kenya | 44 | 1:1,049,543 | 34,647 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makua (628) may also be a first name.
Makua Demographics
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Makua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makua (Arabic: مكوا, Hindi: मकुआ, Marathi: मकुआ, Oriya: ମକୁଆ, Russian: Макуа) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makua? popularity and diffusion
Makua is the 33,059th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 453,629 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Makua are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 332,375th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 628 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 14,007 people, or 1 in 3,868. In South Africa Makua is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 43 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 27 percent reside and Gauteng, where 24 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Makua Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Makua surname are 35.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Makua earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.03% less than the national average, earning R 133,008 per year and in United States they earn 11.28% more than the national average, earning $48,015 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makua in the Hindi language | ||
| मकुआ | maku'a | - |
| Makua in the Marathi language | ||
| मकुआ | maku'a | - |
| Makua in the Oriya language | ||
| ମକୁଆ | maku'a | 94.44 |
| ମାକୁଆ | maku'a | 5.56 |
| Makua in the Russian language | ||
| Макуа | makua | - |
| Makua in the Arabic language | ||
| مكوا | mkwa | - |
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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 Makua
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