Machumbe Surname

497,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Machumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3561:148,71213,532
Kenya2031:227,48715,979
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831

Machumbe (147) may also be a first name.

Machumbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Machumbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Machumbe is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Machumbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 497,277th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machumbe reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most frequent forename globally, borne by 147 people.

It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 148,712. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 79 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.

Machumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Machumbe
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