Muchaya Surname
Approximately 820 people bear this surname
Muchaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 449 | 1:35,300 | 3,566 |
| Zimbabwe | 358 | 1:43,124 | 6,647 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muchaya (60) may also be a first name.
Muchaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchaya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Muchaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 422,566th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,887,251 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchaya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 60 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 449 people, or 1 in 35,300. In Zambia Muchaya is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside, Western Province, where 20 percent reside and Northern Province, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 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 Muchaya
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