Machiwa Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Machiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 1:157,533 | 19,794 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Machiwa (38) may also be a first name.
Machiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machiwa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Machiwa is the 1,098,270th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Machiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Machiwa live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Machiwa is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name in the world, held by 38 people.
The surname Machiwa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 513,996. In Tanzania Machiwa is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 67 percent live, Arusha Region, where 9 percent live and Mara Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live and Kenya, where 7 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
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- 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 Machiwa
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