Machanga Surname
Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname
Machanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 692 | 1:66,734 | 6,395 |
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Zambia | 15 | 1:1,056,661 | 30,252 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Machanga (215) may also be a first name.
Machanga Demographics
Machanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Machanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Machanga (Oriya: ମାଚା) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 316,633rd most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,155,022 people. Machanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machanga reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Machanga is also the 616,131st most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 215 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 692 people, or 1 in 66,734. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 26 percent live, Kakamega County, where 20 percent live and Bungoma County, where 17 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Machanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Machanga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Machanga earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.6% less than the national average, earning R 22,332 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଚା | maca | - |
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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 Machanga
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