Mashembe Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mashembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mashembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mashembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mashembe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mashembe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashembe? popularity and diffusion

Mashembe is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Mashembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashembe reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 91 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.

Mashembe Last Name Statistics demography

Mashembe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.57% less than the national average, earning R 174,504 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
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  • 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 Mashembe
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