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 is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,125,333rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Machawa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machawa live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Machawa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 460,362. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 97 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Machawa occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Zambia, where 16 percent are found.
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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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