Macheria Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Macheria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macheria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1331:347,21720,627
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Macheria (15) may also be a first name.

Macheria Last Name Facts

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

The surname Macheria has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Macheria.

How Common Is The Last Name Macheria? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name Macheria is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Macheria are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Macheria is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 347,217. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 64 percent live, Kitui County, where 35 percent live and Meru County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live.

Macheria Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Macheria surname is chiefly 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 Macheria
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