Mashimbe Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

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

Mashimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mashimbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mashimbe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashimbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mashimbe is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mashimbe are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 73 percent are found, Limpopo, where 21 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Mashimbe occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Mashimbe Last Name Statistics demography

Mashimbe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.46% less than the national average, earning R 141,492 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
  • 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 Mashimbe
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