Masheto Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Masheto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 180 | 1:88,055 | 7,309 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Masheto (22) may also be a first name.
Masheto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masheto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masheto is most common in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masheto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 970,883rd most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masheto reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 22 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 88,055. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 52 percent live, Luapula Province, where 35 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 31 percent live and Israel, where 1 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 Masheto
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