Mashowo Surname
Approximately 1,213 people bear this surname
Mashowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,171 | 1:13,535 | 1,556 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Mashowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashowo occurs most in Zambia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashowo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mashowo is the 310,555th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,007,870 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashowo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mashowo is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,171 people, or 1 in 13,535. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 45 percent are found, Eastern Province, where 43 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Mashowo
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