Machwe Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Machwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Machwe (15) may also be a first name.
Machwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machwe (Marathi: माचवे) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machwe is the 2,273,756th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Machwe is primarily found in Africa, where 51 percent of Machwe are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Machwe is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 15 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Machwe is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 67 percent live and Benue, where 33 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machwe in the Marathi language | ||
| माचवे | macave | - |
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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
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- 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 Machwe
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