Mashungu Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Mashungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 518 | 1:29,804 | 4,575 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mashungu (25) may also be a first name.
Mashungu Demographics
Average Mashungu Salary in
South Africa
R 44,400
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mashungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mashungu occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashungu? popularity and diffusion
Mashungu is the 561,353rd most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname Mashungu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mashungu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name worldwide It is held by 25 people.
The surname Mashungu is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 29,804. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live and Harare Province, where 18 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Mashungu Last Name Statistics demography
Mashungu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.32% less than the national average, earning R 44,400 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matshungu | 94 | 37 | / |
| Masungu | 93 | 1,282 | / |
| Mashugu | 93 | 50 | / |
| Mashunu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mashingu | 88 | 3,318 | / |
| Machungu | 88 | 101 | / |
| Matsungu | 88 | 33 | / |
| Masungut | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mashaunu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mashongu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Masuungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Massungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moshungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Masunu | 86 | 279 | / |
| Masugu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mashounou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Machugu | 80 | 1,467 | / |
| Mosungu | 80 | 830 | / |
| Mazungu | 80 | 815 | / |
| Matsugu | 80 | 40 | / |
| Masaunu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Masongu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Moshunu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Masunuh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Moshugu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Machunu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Masunui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matsoungou | 78 | 305 | / |
| Massoungou | 78 | 6 | / |
| Maisoungou | 78 | 2 | / |
| Masougou | 75 | 7 | / |
| Massongu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maissoungou | 74 | 3 | / |
| Mosugu | 71 | 389 | / |
| Matsougou | 71 | 204 | / |
| Mazugu | 71 | 115 | / |
| Massounou | 71 | 28 | / |
| Massugueu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Masogu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Mazunu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mazoungou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mousoungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Massougou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matsounou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mosongu | 67 | 157 | / |
| Mozungu | 67 | 145 | / |
| Matcheuneu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Masseugueu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mochunu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moshogu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maissounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mousoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mossoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mosunud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Messoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moushounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maisousgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mosunnu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mashungu
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