Machwara Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Machwara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machwara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1471:314,14919,561
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Machwara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Machwara is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Machwara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,447,279th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Machwara live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 314,149. In Kenya Machwara is most prevalent in: Nyamira County, where 91 percent live, Kisii County, where 3 percent live and Nairobi County, where 3 percent live. Beside Kenya Machwara exists in one country. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Machwara Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally 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 Machwara
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