Machetela Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

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

Machetela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machetela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Machetela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Machetela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Machetela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,272,314th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machetela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Machetela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 302,669. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 59 percent are found, Gauteng, where 39 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Machetela Last Name Statistics demography

Machetela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.8% less than the national average, earning R 169,200 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
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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 Machetela
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