Marakeng Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Marakeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marakeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Marakeng (160) may also be a first name.

Marakeng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marakeng is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marakeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Marakeng are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 725,185th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 160 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 88 percent reside, Gauteng, where 6 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 6 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mmarakeng9413/
Merakeng88461/
Morakeng88321/
Mmarekeng8211/
Morokeng75134/
Maroking7552/
Moraking754/
Morekeng752/
Morokoeng717/
Marroking711/

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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 Marakeng
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