Machenje Surname
Approximately 1,825 people bear this surname
Machenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 870 | 1:60,852 | 6,526 |
| Zambia | 795 | 1:19,937 | 2,212 |
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Machenje (19) may also be a first name.
Machenje Demographics
Machenje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Machenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machenje occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machenje? popularity and diffusion
Machenje is the 223,197th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,993,176 people. The last name Machenje is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machenje reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 870 people, or 1 in 60,852. In Tanzania Machenje is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 35 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Machenje is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 44 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
Machenje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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 Machenje
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