Masai Surname
Approximately 26,105 people bear this surname
Masai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15,523 | 1:2,975 | 464 |
| Japan | 4,255 | 1:30,046 | 2,947 |
| Tanzania | 3,007 | 1:17,606 | 2,260 |
| Uganda | 1,227 | 1:31,817 | 4,288 |
| Bolivia | 1,062 | 1:9,997 | 1,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 253 | 1:32,228 | 3,738 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Pakistan | 76 | 1:2,350,577 | 21,125 |
| India | 74 | 1:10,365,748 | 197,751 |
| Italy | 73 | 1:837,763 | 64,881 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Nepal | 11 | 1:2,589,178 | 9,158 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Masaí (2) are calculated separately.
Masai (9,051) may also be a first name.
Masai Demographics
Masai Political Affiliation
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Masai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masai (Arabic: مشعي, Bengali: মাসই, Hindi: मसै, Marathi: मसाई, Oriya: ମାସାଇ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Masaí. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 20,907th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 279,163 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Masai live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 65,447th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 9,051 people.
The last name Masai is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 15,523 people, or 1 in 2,975. In Kenya Masai is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 31 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 20 percent live and Kakamega County, where 9 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 48 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 12 percent live.
Masai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Masai last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Masai last name are 5.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.85% being registered with the party.
The amount Masai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.01% less than the national average, earning R 54,624 per year and in United States they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $45,283 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masai in the Bengali language | ||
| মাসই | masa'i | 71.43 |
| মসাই | masa'i | 28.57 |
| Masai in the Marathi language | ||
| मसाई | masa'i | 53.33 |
| मासाई | masa'i | 28 |
| मसई | masa'i | 12 |
| मसइ | masa'i | 1.33 |
| मासई | masa'i | 1.33 |
| मासाइ | masa'i | 0.67 |
| सासाई | sasa'i | 0.67 |
| Masai in the Hindi language | ||
| मसै | masai | 41.67 |
| मसई | masa'i | 36.11 |
| मासै | masai | 11.11 |
| मासई | masa'i | 5.56 |
| मसइ | masa'i | 2.78 |
| Masai in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାସାଇ | masa'i | 40 |
| ମସାଇ | masa'i | 30 |
| ମସଇ | masa'i | 10 |
| ମାସାଏ | masa'e | 10 |
| ମାସଇ | masa'i | 10 |
| Masai in the Arabic language | ||
| مشعي | mshy | - |
| ماساي | masay | - |
| مساي | msay | - |
| مسعي | msy | - |
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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 Masai
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