Machunga Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Machunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Machunga (178) may also be a first name.
Machunga Demographics
Machunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Machunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machunga has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machunga is the 924,083rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname Machunga is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Machunga are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Machunga is also the 683,417th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 178 people.
The last name Machunga is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 22 percent live.
Machunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Machunga surname 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 Machunga
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