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
The last name Machawa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Machawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Machawa? popularity and diffusion
Machawa is the 1,125,333rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machawa reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Machawa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 460,362. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 97 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and Zambia, where 16 percent reside.
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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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