Mashege Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Mashege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mashege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mashege is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashege? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Mashege occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashege are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mashege is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Budaka District, where 36 percent are found, Mbale District, where 36 percent are found and Luuka District, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Mashege
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