Macheal Surname
Approximately 1,339 people bear this surname
Macheal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,246 | 1:142,169 | 9,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Macheal (2,744) may also be a first name.
Macheal Demographics
Macheal Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Macheal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macheal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Macheal occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Macheal.
How Common Is The Last Name Macheal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macheal is the 286,848th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,442,529 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Macheal are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Macheal is also the 139,564th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 2,744 people.
The last name Macheal is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,246 people, or 1 in 142,169. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 19 percent are found, Kaduna, where 9 percent are found and Plateau, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Macheal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Macheal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Macheal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Macheal
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