Mashebe Surname
Approximately 991 people bear this surname
Mashebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 660 | 1:24,015 | 2,567 |
| Tanzania | 272 | 1:194,638 | 16,683 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Namibia | 18 | 1:133,856 | 9,398 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mashebe (263) may also be a first name.
Mashebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashebe is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mashebe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashebe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 364,266th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,353,729 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashebe are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 548,616th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 263 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 24,015. In Zambia Mashebe is most numerous in: Western Province, where 62 percent live, Southern Province, where 14 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Botswana, where 4 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 Mashebe
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