Mashifane Surname

108,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mashifane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashifane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,2791:12,6611,576
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mashifane (92) may also be a first name.

Mashifane Last Name Facts

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

Mashifane occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashifane? popularity and diffusion

Mashifane is the 108,579th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,699,917 people. Mashifane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashifane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mashifane is also the 992,070th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 92 people.

The surname Mashifane is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,279 people, or 1 in 12,661. In South Africa Mashifane is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 33 percent live, Limpopo, where 33 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 29 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mashifane Last Name Statistics demography

Mashifane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.34% less than the national average, earning R 141,768 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Mashifane
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