Namacheka Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Namacheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Namacheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namacheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namacheka is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namacheka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484,726th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namacheka are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Namacheka is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namasheka | 89 | 75 | / |
| Namachika | 89 | 62 | / |
| Namacheko | 89 | 16 | / |
| Namachaka | 89 | 3 | / |
| Namacheke | 89 | 2 | / |
| Namatchika | 84 | 1 | / |
| Namaseka | 82 | 104 | / |
| Namakhika | 78 | 3 | / |
| Namashika | 78 | 3 | / |
| Namacheche | 74 | 1 | / |
| Namakika | 71 | 1,361 | / |
| Namasika | 71 | 133 | / |
| Namakjka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namasikha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nomadzeka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namasuika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namakikha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namazikhah | 63 | 7 | / |
| Namocaycay | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namasiko | 59 | 65 | / |
| Namatsiko | 56 | 16 | / |
| Namaisiko | 56 | 1 | / |
| Namaziqah | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Namacheka
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