Mashaza Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Mashaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 181 | 1:292,495 | 22,657 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mashaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mashaza is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashaza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,198,640th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Mashaza is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashaza reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 292,495. In Tanzania Mashaza is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Mashaza
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