Maasu Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Maasu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 125 | 1:1,417,142 | 54,922 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Maasu (88) may also be a first name.
Maasu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maasu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maasu is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Maasu.
How Common Is The Last Name Maasu? popularity and diffusion
Maasu is the 1,252,959th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Maasu live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maasu is also the 1,017,994th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 88 people.
Maasu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria Maasu is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 25 percent live, Rivers, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Maasu occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
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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 Maasu
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