Machamba Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Machamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Machamba (56) may also be a first name.
Machamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machamba is found most in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machamba is the 2,237,939th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Machamba reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Machamba is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 56 people.
The last name Machamba is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe Machamba is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 90 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 3 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 39 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Machamba
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