Mashono Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Mashono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mashono (22) may also be a first name.
Mashono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashono Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashono is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mashono click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashono? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mashono live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 22 people.
The last name Mashono is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 814,486. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 85 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 6 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Mashono exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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
- 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 Mashono
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