Machewa Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Machewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Machewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Machewa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Machewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Machewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Machewa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machewa live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 482,445. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 53 percent live, Harare Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 19 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
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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 Machewa
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