Masakwe Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Masakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Kenya571:810,17431,920
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Masakwe (57) may also be a first name.

Masakwe Last Name Facts

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

Masakwe occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masakwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Masakwe is the 1,133,308th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. Masakwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masakwe live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 57 people.

The surname Masakwe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Outside of The DR Congo Masakwe is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 27 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Masakwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Masakwe
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