Machenga Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Machenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Machenga (27) may also be a first name.
Machenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machenga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 835,661st most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machenga are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name in the world It is held by 27 people.
Machenga is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 346,024. In Tanzania Machenga is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 97 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Machenga
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