Mashimba Surname
Approximately 8,724 people bear this surname
Mashimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,711 | 1:6,866 | 901 |
| DR Congo | 876 | 1:84,337 | 9,678 |
| Namibia | 63 | 1:38,244 | 5,261 |
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mashimba (1,698) may also be a first name.
Mashimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashimba is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mashimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashimba? popularity and diffusion
Mashimba is the 58,000th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 835,345 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashimba live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mashimba is also the 186,543rd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 1,698 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 7,711 people, or 1 in 6,866. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 27 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 25 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Mashimba occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mashimba
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