Mashapi Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Mashapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mashapi (24) may also be a first name.
Mashapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashapi is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashapi? popularity and diffusion
Mashapi is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Mashapi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashapi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name Mashapi is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 466,174. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 88 percent live and Eastern Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Mashapi
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