Mashona Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Mashona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 200 | 1:77,191 | 11,358 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Zambia | 48 | 1:330,207 | 17,862 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mashona (143) may also be a first name.
Mashona Demographics
Average Mashona Salary in
South Africa
R 48,204
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mashona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashona (Russian: Машона) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mashona is the 703,644th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mashona live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 772,378th most widespread first name globally, borne by 143 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 77,191. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 35 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live and Midlands Province, where 16 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Botswana, where 12 percent live.
Mashona Last Name Statistics demography
Mashona earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.72% less than the national average, earning R 48,204 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mashona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mashona in the Russian language | ||
| Машона | masona | - |
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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 Mashona
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