Mashwa Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Mashwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mashwa (36) may also be a first name.
Mashwa Demographics
Average Mashwa Salary in
South Africa
R 70,296
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mashwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashwa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,628,521st most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mashwa are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mashwa is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 712,865. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Western Cape, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 23 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.
Mashwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mashwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.42% less than the national average, earning R 70,296 per year.
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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 Mashwa
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