Machapha Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Machapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Machapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machapha is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machapha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machapha is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machapha live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho Machapha is most common in: Berea District, where 33 percent are found, Leribe District, where 33 percent are found and Maseru District, where 33 percent are found. Beside Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Machapha
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