Masakia Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Masakia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masakia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania191:2,786,40149,097
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Masakia (46) may also be a first name.

Masakia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masakia has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Masakia.

How Common Is The Last Name Masakia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Masakia is the 4,206,983rd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Masakia are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 46 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,786,401. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 47 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 21 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 5 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Masakija931/
Masakio8615/
Masokia861/
Massakio8010/
Motsakia801/
Maijakia801/
Massaqia801/
Masaquias751/
Motshakia751/
Masacchia751/
Machakhia751/
Machhakhia7132/
Mosekia711/
Mesekia711/
Majakya711/
Mazachia672/
Masaquio672/
Massakyo671/
Moshokia671/
Moshakya671/
Mouzakia671/
Meshekia671/
MacOckia670/

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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 Masakia
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