Mchaba Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Mchaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 238 | 1:222,444 | 18,495 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
Mchaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mchaba is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mchaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchaba? popularity and diffusion
Mchaba is the 1,017,412th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchaba are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mchaba is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 222,444. In Tanzania Mchaba is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 54 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 40 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 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
- 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 Mchaba
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