Mashangwa Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mashangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2571:60,0719,075
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mashangwa (21) may also be a first name.

Mashangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mashangwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashangwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 963,821st most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Mashangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mashangwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mashangwa is also the 2,368,944th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 60,071. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 27 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe Mashangwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Mashangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mashangwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.39% less than the national average, earning R 160,668 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
  • 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 Mashangwa
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