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Globally, Machel (Machel , מאשל , Машел ) is quite a rare unisex given name. The first name Machel is characteristic of Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Jamaica, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and South Africa. Also, Machel is the last name as well as the forename.