Mashanje Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Mashanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 265 | 1:58,258 | 8,839 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Mashanje (20) may also be a first name.
Mashanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashanje has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashanje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 970,883rd most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname Mashanje is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashanje reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
Mashanje is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 58,258. In Zimbabwe Mashanje is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 31 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 22 percent reside and Harare Province, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 0 percent reside and Scotland, 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 Mashanje
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