Mashanja Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Mashanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mashanja (51) may also be a first name.
Mashanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashanja occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashanja? popularity and diffusion
Mashanja is the 452,985th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,729,701 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashanja reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 51 people.
The surname Mashanja is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Excluding The DR Congo Mashanja occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Norway, 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 Mashanja
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