Matchaya Surname
Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname
Matchaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,856 | 1:9,224 | 1,421 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Matchaya (98) may also be a first name.
Matchaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matchaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matchaya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 219,336th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,907,531 people. Matchaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matchaya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name globally, held by 98 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,856 people, or 1 in 9,224. Outside of Malawi it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Matchaya
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