Masheme Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Masheme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Masheme (11) may also be a first name.
Masheme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masheme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masheme occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masheme? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masheme is the 5,812,366th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Masheme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masheme are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Masheme is most common in: Gauteng, where 83 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Apart from South Africa Masheme is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 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 Masheme
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