Machayi Surname
Approximately 5,711 people bear this surname
Machayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5,402 | 1:2,934 | 369 |
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Namibia | 49 | 1:49,171 | 6,085 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Machayi (79) may also be a first name.
Machayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machayi is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Machayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Machayi? popularity and diffusion
Machayi is the 84,587th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,276,054 people. The last name Machayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machayi are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Machayi is also the 1,083,225th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 79 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 5,402 people, or 1 in 2,934. In Zambia Machayi is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 64 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Machayi
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