Mashema Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Mashema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 936 | 1:56,562 | 6,153 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mashema (28) may also be a first name.
Mashema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashema is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 371,278th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashema are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 936 people, or 1 in 56,562. In Tanzania Mashema is most prevalent in: Tabora Region, where 43 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 38 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Mashema
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