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
The last name Machelele has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Machelele.
How Common Is The Last Name Machelele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machelele is the 2,034,059th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. Machelele 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.
The last name Machelele is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 251,586. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 92 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent live and Luapula Province, where 2 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
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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- 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 Machelele
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