Maqama Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Maqama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maqama (3) may also be a first name.
Maqama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maqama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maqama occurs most in Lesotho. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maqama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maqama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqama are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 3 people.
The last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 2,032,558. In Lesotho Maqama is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 100 percent live. Other than Lesotho Maqama occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 33 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 Maqama
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