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 surname Muchaya occurs most in Zambia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 422,566th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,887,251 people. The surname is mostly found 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. Muchaya is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 60 people.
The surname Muchaya is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 35,300. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 23 percent are found, Western Province, where 20 percent are found and Northern Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 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 Muchaya
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