Macharia Surname
Approximately 143,436 people bear this surname
Macharia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 134,886 | 1:342 | 36 |
| Sudan | 4,200 | 1:8,931 | 1,260 |
| Rwanda | 3,101 | 1:3,665 | 908 |
| United States | 555 | 1:653,079 | 52,340 |
| England | 167 | 1:333,641 | 24,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 134 | 1:68,375 | 6,373 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Macharia (32,200) may also be a first name.
Macharia Demographics
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Macharia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macharia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Macharia (Marathi: मचािरया, Oriya: ମଚରିଆ) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macharia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,909th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,807 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Macharia live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Macharia is also the 26,376th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 32,200 people.
Macharia is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 134,886 people, or 1 in 342. In Kenya Macharia is most common in: Muranga County, where 17 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 14 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Macharia exists in 49 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 3 percent reside and Rwanda, where 2 percent reside.
Macharia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Macharia surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Macharia surname are 6.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.26% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Macharia earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning $40,168 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $52,024 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Macharia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Macharia in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଚରିଆ | macari'a | - |
| Macharia in the Marathi language | ||
| मचािरया | macairaya | - |
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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
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- 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 Macharia
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