Macheru Surname

406,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Macheru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macheru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6051:89,55010,968
Kenya2441:189,26214,086
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Macheru (56) may also be a first name.

Macheru Last Name Facts

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

Macheru is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Macheru.

How Common Is The Last Name Macheru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 406,240th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,454,230 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Macheru are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Macheru is also the 1,321,957th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 56 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 89,550. In South Africa Macheru is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and North West, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Macheru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Macheru earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.95% less than the national average, earning R 180,732 per year.

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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 Macheru
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