Masakaya Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Masakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 35 | 1:3,652,694 | 35,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Masakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masakaya has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Masakaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Masakaya are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
Masakaya is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 3,652,694. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 51 percent reside and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 46 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Masakaya
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