Maasai Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Maasai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 640 | 1:72,156 | 6,797 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Maasai (87) may also be a first name.
Maasai Demographics
Maasai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maasai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maasai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maasai is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Maasai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maasai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 466,730th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,107,553 people. The surname Maasai is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maasai live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most widespread forename in the world, held by 87 people.
The last name Maasai is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 640 people, or 1 in 72,156. In Kenya Maasai is primarily found in: Narok County, where 34 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 21 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Maasai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Maasai surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Maasai
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