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
Machoya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machoya? popularity and diffusion
Machoya is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Machoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Machoya live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Machoya is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 1,489,674. In Kenya Machoya is most common in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent reside, Muranga County, where 29 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 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 Machoya
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