MacHiweyi Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
MacHiweyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
MacHiweyi (77) may also be a first name.
MacHiweyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacHiweyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
MacHiweyi occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of MacHiweyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name MacHiweyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname MacHiweyi is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of MacHiweyi reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 77 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 87 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 7 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe MacHiweyi occurs in one country. It is also common in Scotland, where 6 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
- 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 MacHiweyi
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