Makuo Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Makuo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 88 | 1:601,609 | 37,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makuo (130) may also be a first name.
Makuo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makuo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makuo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Makuo.
How Common Is The Last Name Makuo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. Makuo is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Makuo are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 130 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 601,609. In Tanzania Makuo is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Makuo
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