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 most common in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mashowa is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Mashowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashowa live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe Mashowa is primarily 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. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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