Machuma Surname
Approximately 4,205 people bear this surname
Machuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,813 | 1:12,111 | 1,513 |
| Uganda | 145 | 1:269,236 | 19,482 |
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Machuma (3,743) may also be a first name.
Machuma Demographics
Machuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Machuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machuma (Bengali: মাছুমা) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Machuma.
How Common Is The Last Name Machuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machuma is the 110,520th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,733,067 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machuma are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Machuma is also the 115,066th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 3,743 people.
The surname Machuma is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 3,813 people, or 1 in 12,111. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 55 percent reside, Kisii County, where 10 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Machuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machuma in the Bengali language | ||
| মাছুমা | machuma | 88.89 |
| মাচুমা | macuma | 11.11 |
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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 Machuma
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