Mashapa Surname
Approximately 5,176 people bear this surname
Mashapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,952 | 1:13,709 | 1,728 |
| Zimbabwe | 627 | 1:24,622 | 3,738 |
| DR Congo | 561 | 1:131,693 | 14,109 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mashapa (728) may also be a first name.
Mashapa Demographics
Average Mashapa Salary in
South Africa
R 145,476
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mashapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashapa (Marathi: मशापा) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 92,336th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,407,949 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashapa live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 305,710th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 728 people.
This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,952 people, or 1 in 13,709. In South Africa Mashapa is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 47 percent reside, Gauteng, where 40 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
Mashapa Last Name Statistics demography
Mashapa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.78% less than the national average, earning R 145,476 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mashapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mashapa in the Marathi language | ||
| मशापा | masapa | 91.67 |
| माशापा | masapa | 8.33 |
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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 Mashapa
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