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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machwe is the 2,273,756th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Machwe reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The surname Machwe is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Machwe is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 67 percent reside and Benue, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 44 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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