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 is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashanja? popularity and diffusion
Mashanja is the 452,985th most commonly used last name 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. Mashanja is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 51 people.
The last name Mashanja is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
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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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