Machefu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Machefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Machefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machefu is most common in Lesotho. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machefu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Machefu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machefu reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 184,778. In Lesotho Machefu is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 91 percent reside and Maseru District, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machefou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Machepfu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mchefu | 92 | 10 | / |
| Machefaux | 88 | 111 | / |
| Machafu | 86 | 747 | / |
| Makhefu | 86 | 56 | / |
| Machofu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mchafu | 77 | 464 | / |
| Masefu | 77 | 27 | / |
| Mazefu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Makefu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Matchifou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masefau | 71 | 15 | / |
| Makgefu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mahassefou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makiefu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makhephu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Massefou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Masithfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makeufeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashipfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moshefuch | 63 | 1 | / |
| Makifu | 62 | 55 | / |
| Mcaphu | 62 | 24 | / |
| Masyfu | 62 | 12 | / |
| Magifu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mosefu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Masifu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Majifu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mozefu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Masephu | 57 | 363 | / |
| Makifou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Makephu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Magephu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mazifou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Moujefou | 53 | 40 | / |
| Makiffou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Masephou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Matshiphu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Machefu
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