Makuya Surname
Approximately 8,011 people bear this surname
Makuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,503 | 1:21,645 | 2,746 |
| Tanzania | 2,217 | 1:23,880 | 2,940 |
| Zambia | 1,682 | 1:9,423 | 1,112 |
| Zimbabwe | 701 | 1:22,023 | 3,306 |
| DR Congo | 499 | 1:148,055 | 15,508 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Makuya (240) may also be a first name.
Makuya Demographics
Average Makuya Salary in
South Africa
R 172,476
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makuya occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Makuya is the 62,640th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 909,692 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makuya reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 577,234th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 240 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,503 people, or 1 in 21,645. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 76 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 28 percent reside and Zambia, where 21 percent reside.
Makuya Last Name Statistics demography
Makuya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.42% less than the national average, earning R 172,476 per year.
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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 Makuya
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