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
The last name Machayi is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machayi is the 84,587th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,276,054 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machayi reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Machayi is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 79 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 5,402 people, or 1 in 2,934. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 64 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Machayi
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