Mashongwa Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mashongwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mashongwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3321:46,5017,144
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mashongwa Last Name Facts

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

Mashongwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mashongwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 806,178th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname Mashongwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashongwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 46,501. In Zimbabwe Mashongwa is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 40 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 37 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Mashongwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mashongwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.7% less than the national average, earning R 69,624 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 Mashongwa
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