Machakela Surname

411,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 847 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Machakela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machakela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5531:97,97111,912
Lesotho2921:6,9611,487
England21:27,859,030389,889

Machakela (114) may also be a first name.

Machakela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Machakela is most common in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Machakela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 411,827th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machakela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Machakela is also the 877,214th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 114 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 97,971. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 36 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and North West, where 20 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 34 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Machakela Last Name Statistics demography

Machakela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.34% less than the national average, earning R 115,644 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 Machakela
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