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 surname Maasai occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maasai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 466,730th most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. Maasai is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maasai reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Maasai is also the 1,024,927th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 87 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 640 people, or 1 in 72,156. In Kenya Maasai is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 34 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 21 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Kenya Maasai occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Maasai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing 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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