Given name & surname
Makita
Makita is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Original Japanese牧田
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Makita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 309
- 0 boys · 309 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 as a first name in 2020; 110 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Makita’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Makita as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 牧田. In English usage, Makita as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 牧田.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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