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 occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machewa is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Machewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machewa live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Machewa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 482,445. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 53 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 19 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 10 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
- 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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