Macherenga Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Macherenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macherenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe771:200,49723,224
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Macherenga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Macherenga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Macherenga occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Macherenga? popularity and diffusion

Macherenga is the 2,007,164th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Macherenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Macherenga live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 55 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 43 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 1 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Macherenga
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