Macheye Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Macheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 148 | 1:357,714 | 26,551 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Macheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Macheye is most common in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macheye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,428,594th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Macheye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Macheye are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 61 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent are found and Mara Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Macheye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis