Machaliwa Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Machaliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Machaliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machaliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Machaliwa is found most in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machaliwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machaliwa is the 1,736,881st most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Machaliwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Machaliwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 146,759. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 58 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 37 percent are found and Southern Province, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Zambia Machaliwa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mashaliwa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Matshaliwa | 84 | 4 | / |
| Machailiwe | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mazaliwa | 82 | 37 | / |
| Masaliwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Machelewa | 78 | 114 | / |
| Makhaliva | 78 | 9 | / |
| Machalewe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Mochalieva | 74 | 2 | / |
| Mazhalieva | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mashalieva | 74 | 1 | / |
| Majaliva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madzhalieva | 70 | 2 | / |
| Masalieva | 67 | 407 | / |
| Mochaleva | 67 | 38 | / |
| Makhaleva | 67 | 27 | / |
| Moshaliba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mazalieva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Masalibay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maasaliba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Machaliwa
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