Machenja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Machenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Machenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machenja is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Machenja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machenja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Machenja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machenja live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 33 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 33 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 33 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
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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 Machenja
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