Masadu Surname

322,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Namibia

Masadu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masadu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6021:87,9438,885
Nigeria3641:486,65624,409
Indonesia901:1,469,43599,362
Namibia781:30,8904,700
India131:59,005,029552,550
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Masadu (146) may also be a first name.

Masadu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Masadu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Masadu (Marathi: मसदु, Oriya: ମସାଡୁ) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Masadu.

How Common Is The Last Name Masadu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Masadu is the 322,929th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 6,309,564 people. The surname Masadu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Masadu live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Masadu is also the 763,528th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 146 people.

The surname Masadu is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 602 people, or 1 in 87,943. In Tanzania Masadu is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masadu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masadu in the Marathi language
मसदुmasadu66.67
मसादुmasadu33.33
Masadu in the Oriya language
ମସାଡୁmasadu50
ମସଦୁmasadu50

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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 Masadu
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