Machaha Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Machaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 425 | 1:4,782 | 962 |
| Kenya | 58 | 1:796,205 | 31,724 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Machaha (226) may also be a first name.
Machaha Demographics
Average Machaha Salary in
South Africa
R 529,704
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Machaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machaha is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machaha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machaha is the 583,527th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name Machaha is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Machaha live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Machaha is also the 598,137th most frequently held first name globally, held by 226 people.
This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 425 people, or 1 in 4,782. In Lesotho Machaha is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 53 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 25 percent live and Berea District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Machaha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Machaha surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Machaha earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 122.9% more than the national average, earning R 529,704 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 Machaha
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