Mashahu Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mashahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mashahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashahu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashahu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mashahu are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mashahu is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 40 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 40 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 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
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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 Mashahu
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