Machipa Surname

565,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Machipa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machipa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3391:159,81617,958
Zimbabwe1551:99,60214,056
Zambia401:396,24819,783
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Machipa (41) may also be a first name.

Machipa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Machipa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Machipa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Machipa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 565,867th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Machipa are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 159,816. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 56 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 7 percent live.

Machipa Last Name Statistics demography

Machipa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.97% less than the national average, earning R 149,772 per year.

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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 Machipa
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