Gashira Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gashira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Gashira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gashira has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gashira is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Gashira is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gashira are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gashira is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 89 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 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 Gashira
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