Machiza Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Machiza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Machiza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machiza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machiza is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Machiza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Machiza occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machiza reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 792,496. In Zambia Machiza is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 95 percent reside and Central Province, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Machiza
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