Machakanja Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Machakanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 229 | 1:67,416 | 10,100 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Machakanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machakanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machakanja is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machakanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machakanja is the 1,048,281st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Machakanja live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 67,416. In Zimbabwe Machakanja is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 30 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 20 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macakanja | 95 | 174 | / |
| Machakanje | 90 | 1 | / |
| Majakanja | 84 | 8 | / |
| Masakanja | 84 | 1 | / |
| Machakanye | 80 | 38 | / |
| Moshakanja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Machakhanye | 76 | 1 | / |
| Masakanya | 74 | 2 | / |
| Makhakanye | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mashokanya | 70 | 1 | / |
| Machokonye | 60 | 1 | / |
| Machekenya | 50 | 8 | / |
| Mosocancha | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Machakanja
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