Mashenene Surname

157,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mashenene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashenene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,7481:19,2662,453
Lesotho261:78,1759,832
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Mashenene (641) may also be a first name.

Mashenene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mashenene has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashenene? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mashenene is the 157,494th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,624,251 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashenene reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 328,586th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 641 people.

It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,748 people, or 1 in 19,266. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 22 percent reside, Geita Region, where 16 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Mashenene
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