Mashowa Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Mashowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Mashowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashowa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mashowa is the 3,373,373rd most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Mashowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashowa live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 90 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 26 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Mashowa
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