Mashame Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Mashame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 527 | 1:29,295 | 4,499 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mashame (22) may also be a first name.
Mashame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashame occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 572,152nd most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. Mashame is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashame reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mashame is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 527 people, or 1 in 29,295. In Zimbabwe Mashame is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 50 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Mashame is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 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 Mashame
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