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 is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 422,566th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchaya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muchaya is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 60 people.
Muchaya is most numerous 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 live, Western Province, where 20 percent live and Northern Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 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
- 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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