Machelele Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Machelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Machelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machelele is found most frequently in Zambia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machelele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machelele are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 251,586. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 92 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machelela | 89 | 312 | / |
| Machalele | 89 | 73 | / |
| Mochelele | 89 | 65 | / |
| Mashelele | 89 | 30 | / |
| Makhelele | 89 | 13 | / |
| Mackelele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Macheleli | 89 | 1 | / |
| Machilele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matshelele | 84 | 18 | / |
| Makelele | 82 | 10,068 | / |
| Maselele | 82 | 330 | / |
| Mazelele | 82 | 71 | / |
| Majelele | 82 | 8 | / |
| Magelele | 82 | 7 | / |
| Matselele | 78 | 292 | / |
| Masehlele | 78 | 109 | / |
| Makielele | 78 | 27 | / |
| Mashelela | 78 | 4 | / |
| Madzelele | 78 | 3 | / |
| Mashilele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Makhilele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Masheleli | 78 | 1 | / |
| Maquelele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Makheleli | 78 | 1 | / |
| Masielele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Moshelele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mceleli | 75 | 91 | / |
| Matshelela | 74 | 57 | / |
| Matshilele | 74 | 15 | / |
| Mashehlela | 74 | 1 | / |
| Maselela | 71 | 2,964 | / |
| Makelela | 71 | 883 | / |
| Mojelele | 71 | 171 | / |
| Masilele | 71 | 48 | / |
| Moselele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makilele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Macilela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mozelele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makeleli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mazeleli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mazilele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mageleli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maseleli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mogelele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matsilele | 67 | 2,603 | / |
| Mosielele | 67 | 740 | / |
| Mokheleli | 67 | 374 | / |
| Mashilela | 67 | 182 | / |
| Matselela | 67 | 51 | / |
| Motselele | 67 | 37 | / |
| Machilila | 67 | 21 | / |
| Matseleli | 67 | 14 | / |
| Machilile | 67 | 12 | / |
| Masseleli | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mosheleli | 67 | 8 | / |
| Machalale | 67 | 7 | / |
| Madzilele | 67 | 6 | / |
| Matšeleli | 67 | 4 | / |
| Masilelea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Macileila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Machilili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masihlela | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacElhill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mosehlele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashelila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikeleli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokgelele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokhelile | 67 | 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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- 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 Machelele
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