Machunda Surname

368,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 977 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Machunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9681:54,6925,986
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Machunda (17) may also be a first name.

Machunda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Machunda is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Machunda click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Machunda? popularity and diffusion

Machunda is the 368,303rd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,459,105 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Machunda live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 17 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 968 people, or 1 in 54,692. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 33 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 26 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Macunda9319/
Machunde88901/
Machinda88813/
Machonda8875/
Mashunda886/
Machundi883/
Makhunda882/
Makhunday821/
Machuinde821/
Mashuunda821/
Masunda8010,997/
Mazunda804,200/
Macundo80131/
Maconda8034/
Majunda8023/
Massunda7512,445/
Mechinda75251/
Mochinda7553/
Masundah7528/
Matsunda7516/
Machondo7510/
Mashonda754/
Madzunda754/
Machindo753/
Macondah753/
Maisunda752/
Mashundo751/
Masunday751/
Masounda751/
Mashumda751/
Massounda71318/
Meechinda717/
Massundah712/
Macoundou711/
Matchumde711/
Maisunday711/
Masonda672,621/
Majunde6798/
Macondo6789/
Majundo6716/
Masundo677/
Masumda674/
Mozunda674/
Moconda672/
Mazundo671/
Mosunda671/
Majundi671/

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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 Machunda
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