Machabela Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Machabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1721:314,98729,898
Zambia461:344,56418,269
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Machabela (28) may also be a first name.

Machabela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Machabela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Machabela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,058,336th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machabela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Machabela is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 28 people.

The last name Machabela is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 314,987. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Free State, where 50 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 19 percent reside and Botswana, where 7 percent reside.

Machabela Last Name Statistics demography

Machabela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.14% less than the national average, earning R 139,872 per year.

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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 Machabela
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