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
The surname Mashema is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mashema.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 371,278th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 7,536,242 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashema reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 936 people, or 1 in 56,562. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 43 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 38 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common 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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