Makus Surname
Approximately 1,659 people bear this surname
Makus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 497 | 1:356,424 | 19,191 |
| Germany | 272 | 1:295,976 | 30,536 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| Indonesia | 113 | 1:1,170,347 | 83,147 |
| Poland | 102 | 1:372,635 | 40,973 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Belarus | 90 | 1:105,567 | 15,905 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| Paraguay | 66 | 1:109,648 | 2,491 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Makuś (60) & Makuš (5) are calculated separately.
Makus (593) may also be a first name.
Makus Demographics
Average Makus Salary in
United States
$34,136 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Makus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makus (Hindi: माकूस, Marathi: माकुस, Oriya: ମାକୁସ, Russian: Макус) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms: Makuś or Makuš. Click here to see other possible spellings of Makus.
How Common Is The Last Name Makus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 240,995th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,392,734 people. The surname Makus is predominantly found in Europe, where 32 percent of Makus reside; 30 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 343,462nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 593 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 356,424. In Nigeria Makus is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 28 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found and Bauchi, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Makus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Makus has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,414 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Makus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (57%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Makus last name are 6.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.66% being registered with the political party.
The amount Makus earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.89% less than the national average, earning $34,136 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.28% more than the national average, earning $50,818 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makus in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାକୁସ | makusa | - |
| Makus in the Marathi language | ||
| माकुस | makusa | - |
| Makus in the Hindi language | ||
| माकूस | makusa | 42.86 |
| माकुस | makusa | 28.57 |
| मकुश | makusa | 14.29 |
| मकुस | makusa | 14.29 |
| Makus in the Russian language | ||
| Макус | makus | - |
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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 Makus
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