Macilau Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Macilau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Macilau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macilau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Macilau is carried by more people in Swaziland than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macilau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macilau is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Macilau is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Macilau reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Macilau is most frequently occurring in Swaziland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 324,550. Without taking into account Swaziland this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Mozambique, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Macilau
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