Machya Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Machya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Machya (73) may also be a first name.
Machya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machya (Marathi: मच्या) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Machya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Machya are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Machya is also the 1,134,117th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 73 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 19,668,343. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 79 percent live and Telangana, where 18 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Machya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Machya in the Marathi language | ||
| मच्या | macya | 60.38 |
| मचया | macaya | 22.64 |
| माच्या | macya | 16.98 |
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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 Machya
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