Mashashani Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mashashani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashashani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mashashani (9) may also be a first name.

Mashashani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mashashani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mashashani is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashashani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashashani are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 9 people.

Mashashani is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Mashashani is most common in: Gauteng, where 71 percent are found and Limpopo, where 29 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found.

Mashashani Last Name Statistics demography

Mashashani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.7% less than the national average, earning R 60,120 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
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  • 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 Mashashani
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