Makurai Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Makurai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Makurai (20) may also be a first name.
Makurai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makurai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makurai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makurai? popularity and diffusion
Makurai is the 2,414,640th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Makurai occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Makurai live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 20 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Makurai occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live.
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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 Makurai
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