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
The last name Mashowo occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashowo? popularity and diffusion
Mashowo is the 310,555th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 6,007,870 people. The surname Mashowo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashowo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,171 people, or 1 in 13,535. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Province, where 43 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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
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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 Mashowo
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