Mhoshiwa Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Mhoshiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 100 | 1:154,382 | 19,513 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mhoshiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhoshiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhoshiwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhoshiwa? popularity and diffusion
Mhoshiwa is the 1,806,862nd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. Mhoshiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mhoshiwa reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 154,382. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 35 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent reside and Harare Province, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Mhoshiwa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Cayman Islands, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Mhoshiwa
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