Mashikwa Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Mashikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mashikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashikwa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashikwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashikwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia Mashikwa is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 96 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masikwa | 93 | 129 | / |
| Masikhwa | 88 | 1,103 | / |
| Mashekwa | 88 | 512 | / |
| Masikwai | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mashukwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moshikwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matshiqwa | 82 | 2 | / |
| Motshikwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Masekwa | 80 | 690 | / |
| Mosikwa | 80 | 138 | / |
| Masigwa | 80 | 58 | / |
| Masukwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Masikwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Macikwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moshukwa | 75 | 78 | / |
| Machigwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Moshikwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Matsigwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mashegwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Masaigwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mashekwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Machikwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mashukua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mashicwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masekhwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moshekwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Machikwet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mosekwa | 67 | 213 | / |
| Masigwe | 67 | 83 | / |
| Mazekwa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Masekwe | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mosikwe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Masegwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Maxekwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mosigwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mesekwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Masekua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masikui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masigba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moxikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masekwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mosukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mashikwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis