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 more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Machenja.
How Common Is The Last Name Machenja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Machenja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machenja are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania Machenja is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 33 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 33 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 33 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Machenja is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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