Machiya Surname
Approximately 11,428 people bear this surname
Machiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,202 | 1:7,351 | 960 |
| Japan | 2,319 | 1:55,129 | 4,299 |
| Zimbabwe | 950 | 1:16,251 | 2,349 |
| Zambia | 846 | 1:18,735 | 2,093 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Machiya (3,283) may also be a first name.
Machiya Demographics
Average Machiya Salary in
South Africa
R 114,360
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Machiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺷﻴﻪ, Hindi: मचिया, Marathi: मचीया, Russian: Мачия) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,409th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 637,692 people. The surname Machiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Machiya reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 124,902nd most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 3,283 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 7,202 people, or 1 in 7,351. In Tanzania Machiya is mostly concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 47 percent live, Tabora Region, where 27 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 15 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 20 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Machiya Last Name Statistics demography
Machiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.88% less than the national average, earning R 114,360 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺷﻴﻪ | mashyh | - |
| Machiya in the Hindi language | ||
| मचिया | maciya | - |
| Machiya in the Marathi language | ||
| मचीया | maciya | - |
| Machiya in the Russian language | ||
| Мачия | macia | - |
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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 Machiya
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