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 held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,059th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 453,629 people. Makua 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 prevalent first name in the world, held by 628 people.
The surname Makua is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 14,007 people, or 1 in 3,868. In South Africa Makua is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 43 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 24 percent live. Beside South Africa it is found in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
Makua Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Makua surname are 35.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.64% registered with the political 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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