Machega Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Machega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Machega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Machega is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machega is the 2,352,516th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Machega is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machega reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Machega is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 280,695. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 84 percent live, Harare Province, where 15 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 2 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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
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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 Machega
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