Maquba Surname

480,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maquba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maquba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6911:78,4059,720
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
England11:55,718,059489,080

Maquba (13) may also be a first name.

Maquba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maquba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Maquba is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maquba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 480,521st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 10,500,787 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maquba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

Maquba is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 691 people, or 1 in 78,405. In South Africa Maquba is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Maquba Last Name Statistics demography

Maquba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.02% less than the national average, earning R 149,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magquba92111/
Maqba91114/
Mangquba861/
Maquva834/
Maqubo832/
Maqbad831/
Maqbhad774/
Makba73867/
Maqbo73189/
Macba7313/
Maqboo67124/
Macbay67104/
Magbwa6749/
Makhua6713/
Mackba6712/
Magbua6712/
Makbai676/
Makhba676/
Moukba673/
Makbaş671/
Muikba671/
Maqbod671/
MacBah671/
Makbay671/

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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 Maquba
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