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
Makuo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makuo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Makuo live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 130 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 601,609. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent are found.
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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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