Machiwala Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Machiwala Surname User-submission:

The Machiwala surname comes from India. Gujarat people, whose ancestors sold fish, were named as machiwala.

Machiwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India431:17,838,730274,051
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Machiwala Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Machiwala surname comes from India. Gujarat people, whose ancestors sold fish, were named as machiwala.

- altamash

Machiwala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Machiwala (Marathi: मच्छीवाला) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Machiwala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Machiwala are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 17,838,730. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Machiwala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Machiwala in the Marathi language
मच्छीवालाmacchivala63.64
छीवालाchivala31.82
मछीवालेmachivale4.55

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