Machawa Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Machawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 115 | 1:460,362 | 31,974 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Zambia | 35 | 1:452,855 | 21,237 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Machawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machawa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,125,333rd most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. Machawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machawa live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Machawa is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 460,362. In Tanzania Machawa is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 97 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Zambia, where 16 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 Machawa
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