Mashengu Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mashengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mashengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashengu is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mashengu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashengu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Mashengu are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Mashengu is most frequent in: Mombasa County, where 40 percent are found, Taita Taveta County, where 40 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 7 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 Mashengu
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