Mashao Surname
Approximately 8,585 people bear this surname
Mashao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,459 | 1:6,405 | 820 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mashao (2,600) may also be a first name.
Mashao Demographics
Mashao Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mashao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashao is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 58,809th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 848,870 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashao reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mashao is also the 144,198th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 2,600 people.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 8,459 people, or 1 in 6,405. In South Africa Mashao is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 51 percent reside, Gauteng, where 37 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Mashao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mashao earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.47% less than the national average, earning R 158,100 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 Mashao
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