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 is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,152nd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashame live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mashame is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring 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 are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 4 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
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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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