Mashinja Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Mashinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 41 | 1:58,766 | 6,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mashinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashinja is found most in Namibia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashinja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Mashinja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashinja are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Mashinja is most common in Namibia, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 58,766. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Zambezi Region, where 98 percent reside and Kavango East Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Namibia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 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
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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 Mashinja
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