Machelo Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Machelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 149 | 1:106,375 | 8,369 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Machelo (22) may also be a first name.
Machelo Demographics
Machelo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Machelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machelo is found most frequently in Malawi. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machelo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 858,879th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Machelo live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Machelo is also the 2,301,746th most common first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.
The surname Machelo is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi Machelo occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 47 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Machelo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Machelo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Machelo
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