Mashonya Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Mashonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Mashonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mashonya (Russian: Машоня) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashonya? popularity and diffusion
Mashonya is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mashonya live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Mashonya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matshonya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Masonya | 93 | 101 | / |
| Mashanya | 88 | 856 | / |
| Mashonja | 88 | 39 | / |
| Mmasonya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mashunya | 88 | 2 | / |
| Maxhonya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matshanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Masanya | 80 | 342 | / |
| Masunya | 80 | 313 | / |
| Masonia | 80 | 61 | / |
| Mazonya | 80 | 22 | / |
| Masonja | 80 | 9 | / |
| Maxonya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Masonyo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Masonha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Masonea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mashahanya | 78 | 11 | / |
| Mashanja | 75 | 749 | / |
| Mashania | 75 | 135 | / |
| Moshanya | 75 | 22 | / |
| Matsonia | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mashanha | 75 | 5 | / |
| Machonja | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mhasanya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Masomnia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maisanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mashunia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masoumnia | 71 | 84 | / |
| Mashaniah | 71 | 5 | / |
| Massounia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Masszonia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Massonjat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matchanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Massahnia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machonias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Massongna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masooynia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masanja | 67 | 107,071 | / |
| Mosanya | 67 | 207 | / |
| Masania | 67 | 172 | / |
| Masonjo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Masanha | 67 | 32 | / |
| Masunia | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mosunya | 67 | 14 | / |
| Masanyo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mazunya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Masoomniaa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Masunha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Massoumnia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Masunja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mazanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masonio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mozanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mazonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Gashanja | 67 | 1 | / |
Mashonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mashonya in the Russian language | ||
| Машоня | 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
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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 Mashonya
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