Mashenge Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Mashenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mashenge (11) may also be a first name.
Mashenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashenge occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashenge? popularity and diffusion
Mashenge is the 2,152,526th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashenge are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name globally, held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 725,228. In Tanzania Mashenge is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mashenge
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