Mabechu Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mabechu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mabechu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2481:8,8181,580
Zimbabwe1101:140,34818,198
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Mabechu (25) may also be a first name.

Mabechu Last Name Facts

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

Mabechu is found most frequently in Botswana. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabechu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 785,023rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mabechu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mabechu is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.

The last name Mabechu is most commonly occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 8,818. Besides Botswana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mabhechu9366/
Mabachu861/
Mabichu861/
Mabetshu8011/
Mabheshu801/
Mabesu77166/
Mabhetshu7515/
Mabheju718/
Mavecau711/
Mabhaiju676/
Mabessou671/
Mabhaikhu631/
Mobesu6234/
Mabisu627/
Mawezu624/
Moubichaud591/
Mavizhu5747/
Mavhizu577/
Mabissou531/

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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 Mabechu
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