Mashokwe Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mashokwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashokwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia811:195,67812,934
South Africa661:820,87455,153
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Mashokwe (23) may also be a first name.

Mashokwe Last Name Facts

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

Mashokwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashokwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,441,361st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Mashokwe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mashokwe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.

It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 195,678. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 96 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent are found and Northern Province, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Mashokwe Last Name Statistics demography

Mashokwe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning R 225,012 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
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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 Mashokwe
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