Mashiwu Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mashiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mashiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashiwu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mashiwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashiwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Mashiwu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashiwu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 100 percent are found. Barring Zambia it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masiwu | 92 | 11 | / |
| Mashiwuha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mashibu | 86 | 66 | / |
| Mashewu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Matsiwu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Massiwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mashaibu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Masewu | 77 | 3,510 | / |
| Masibu | 77 | 344 | / |
| Masivu | 77 | 75 | / |
| Maziwu | 77 | 22 | / |
| Masuwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Matchiwou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Machewu | 71 | 36 | / |
| Massibu | 71 | 27 | / |
| Masevhu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Matsivu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Masiebu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Masibau | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mesiewu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mashebu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mhasibu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machivu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mausibau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Matshevu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mathsewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mesiewou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Massibou | 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
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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 Mashiwu
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