Mashatu Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mashatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia421:377,37919,273
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mashatu Last Name Facts

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

Mashatu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mashatu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mashatu are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mashatu is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 377,379. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 64 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 33 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 2 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Namibia, where 7 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
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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 Mashatu
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