Mashabele Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mashabele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashabele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1001:541,77742,852
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mashabele (73) may also be a first name.

Mashabele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mashabele Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mashabele occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashabele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mashabele is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashabele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 73 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 541,777. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 49 percent reside, Limpopo, where 41 percent reside and Western Cape, where 5 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Mashabele Last Name Statistics demography

Mashabele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.55% less than the national average, earning R 79,488 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Mashabele
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