Makani
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/meɪkəni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makani is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 3.2M(measured from records)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 231K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 501K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 95 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 231K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Makani counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 231K | — | Makani | 14 |
| IN India | 410 | 1 in 3.2M | 410 | Makani | 75 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Makani | 16 |
| US United States | 156 | 1 in 2.1M | 264 | Makani | 95 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 922K | — | Makani | 26 |
| CA Canada | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Makani | 11 |
| AU Australia | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | 1 | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 501K | — | Makani | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Makani is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Hawaiian, wind, breeze; gas in the stomach, flatulent wind; to blow; fig., to show anger; ghost, spirit
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Indonesian, to feed
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, wind
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ramo Makanib. 1960TZTanzanian Member of Parliament
- Julie Makanib. 1970TZTanzanian medical researcher
- Monique Akoa Makanib. 2001FRCameroonian basketball player (born 2001)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 922 | #4,149 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 410 | #10,704 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 227 | #87,947 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 156 | #112,568 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Makani?
- A machine transcription gives /meɪkəni/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Makani have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Makani in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled makani.
- How common is the name Makani?
- In India, the national register counted 410 people named Makani, about 1 in 3.2 million residents.
What do you want to know about Makani?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makaniThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Makani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.