Last name Makani (Makani 
, Макани 
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Makani is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare surname, and Cameroon. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe. Much less frequently, Makani is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Makani | Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon |
| Макани | Russia, Ukraine |
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julie makani Tanzanian medical researcher, TZ (b. 1970) |
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| makani narayana rao (b. 1936) |
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| ramo makani Tanzanian Member of Parliament, TZ (b. 1960) |
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| harikrishna makani researcher |
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| sherali mavjibhai makani Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1972 |
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| venkata krishna kanth makani researcher |
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