Makhoya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Makhoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Makhoya (14) may also be a first name.
Makhoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makhoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makhoya is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makhoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Makhoya are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name globally, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Outside of Malawi Makhoya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
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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 Makhoya
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