Mashelia Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mashelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mashelia (20) may also be a first name.
Mashelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mashelia is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashelia? popularity and diffusion
Mashelia is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Mashelia live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 88 percent are found and Plateau, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 11 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 Mashelia
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