Machapu Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Machapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Zambia | 40 | 1:396,248 | 19,783 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Machapu (18) may also be a first name.
Machapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machapu is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Machapu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machapu? popularity and diffusion
Machapu is the 1,177,228th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Machapu live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Machapu is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 117,849. In Zimbabwe Machapu is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 31 percent reside, Harare Province, where 29 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 24 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Malaysia, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machappu | 93 | 22 | / |
| Macapu | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mashapu | 86 | 558 | / |
| Macapuy | 86 | 19 | / |
| Makhapu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Machepu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mashaphu | 80 | 1,394 | / |
| Machapoo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Matshapu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Machoppu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Masahapu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Machepfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maishapu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Masapu | 77 | 339 | / |
| Majapu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Machappoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makhaphui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mokhapu | 71 | 12 | / |
| Maazopu | 71 | 12 | / |
| Maasapu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Masadpu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Moutchapou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mashopu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masaphu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masapau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Majappu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Majapfu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokhaphu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Masapust | 67 | 13 | / |
| Massappu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moshaphu | 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 Machapu
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