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
The surname Mashapi is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mashapi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashapi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Mashapi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashapi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mashapi is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 24 people.
The last name Mashapi is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 466,174. In Zambia Mashapi is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 88 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Mashapi
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