Machilika Surname
Approximately 3,460 people bear this surname
Machilika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,536 | 1:6,750 | 973 |
| Zambia | 635 | 1:24,961 | 2,657 |
| Tanzania | 271 | 1:195,357 | 16,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Machilika (129) may also be a first name.
Machilika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machilika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Machilika is most common in Malawi. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machilika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machilika is the 130,733rd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,106,227 people. The surname Machilika occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machilika live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 129 people.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,536 people, or 1 in 6,750. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machilikai | 95 | 1 | / |
| Makhilika | 89 | 4 | / |
| MacHilica | 89 | 1 | / |
| Machileka | 89 | 1 | / |
| Magilika | 82 | 4 | / |
| Makhiliko | 78 | 4 | / |
| Machuluka | 78 | 1 | / |
| Macheleka | 78 | 1 | / |
| Majiliko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mogilika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machelekhe | 63 | 13 | / |
| Matsilikeu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matsieleka | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maceluica | 56 | 21 | / |
| Mogilicki | 56 | 10 | / |
| Mazileuko | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Machilika
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