Macheya Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Macheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Macheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macheya is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Macheya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 940,398th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Macheya reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Macheya is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 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 Macheya
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