Machoya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Machoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 31 | 1:1,489,674 | 35,719 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Machoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machoya is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Machoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machoya is the 3,432,070th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Machoya are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Machoya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,489,674. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Muranga County, where 29 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 29 percent are found. Other than Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Machoya
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