Machavela Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Machavela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machavela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Machavela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Machavela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Machavela is held by more people in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Machavela.

How Common Is The Last Name Machavela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Machavela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machavela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Mozambique, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,815,392. Besides Mozambique it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 38 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.

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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 Machavela
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