Macheka Surname
Approximately 6,205 people bear this surname
Macheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4,255 | 1:3,628 | 298 |
| Malawi | 1,333 | 1:12,843 | 2,012 |
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Zambia | 174 | 1:91,092 | 7,481 |
| South Africa | 145 | 1:373,639 | 33,668 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Macheka (358) may also be a first name.
Macheka Demographics
Average Macheka Salary in
South Africa
R 486,636
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Macheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macheka is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macheka? popularity and diffusion
Macheka is the 78,713th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,174,463 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Macheka are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 460,276th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 358 people.
The last name Macheka is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 4,255 people, or 1 in 3,628. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 21 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
Macheka Last Name Statistics demography
Macheka earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 104.78% more than the national average, earning R 486,636 per year.
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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 Macheka
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