Mashele Surname
Approximately 34,868 people bear this surname
Mashele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 34,379 | 1:1,576 | 190 |
| Tanzania | 251 | 1:210,923 | 17,752 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Mashele (548) may also be a first name.
Mashele Demographics
Mashele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mashele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashele is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 15,994th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 209,004 people. Mashele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashele are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mashele is also the 359,856th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 548 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 34,379 people, or 1 in 1,576. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 38 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 29 percent are found and Gauteng, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Mashele is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
Mashele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mashele earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.5% less than the national average, earning R 155,652 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
- 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 Mashele
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