Machaya Surname
Approximately 5,309 people bear this surname
Machaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4,024 | 1:3,837 | 325 |
| Zambia | 687 | 1:23,071 | 2,478 |
| South Africa | 235 | 1:230,543 | 23,873 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Botswana | 110 | 1:19,881 | 3,945 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Machaya (520) may also be a first name.
Machaya Demographics
Average Machaya Salary in
South Africa
R 105,132
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Machaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machaya (Oriya: ମାଚାୟା) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 90,295th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,372,678 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Machaya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Machaya is also the 370,386th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 520 people.
The surname Machaya is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 4,024 people, or 1 in 3,837. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 26 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 20 percent are found and Harare Province, where 13 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Machaya exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Machaya Last Name Statistics demography
Machaya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.76% less than the national average, earning R 105,132 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଚାୟା | macaya | - |
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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 Machaya
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