Masamba Surname
Approximately 46,841 people bear this surname
Masamba Surname Definition:
Masamba is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: hardships are now going away.
Read More About This SurnameMasamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 25,742 | 1:2,870 | 310 |
| Malawi | 15,841 | 1:1,081 | 89 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,936 | 1:5,258 | 527 |
| Tanzania | 1,288 | 1:41,104 | 4,698 |
| Uganda | 361 | 1:108,142 | 10,617 |
| Zambia | 229 | 1:69,214 | 6,072 |
| France | 135 | 1:492,020 | 69,079 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| Kenya | 62 | 1:744,837 | 30,879 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Masamba (1,702) may also be a first name.
Masamba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Masamba is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: hardships are now going away.
Masamba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: tea leaves.
User-submitted Reference
Masamba surname belongs to the Kongo tribe, meaning 'the one who clears the path'.
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Masamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masamba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺻﻤﺐ) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,979th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 155,580 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masamba live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,271st most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 1,702 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 25,742 people, or 1 in 2,870. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 34 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Masamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Masamba last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Masamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.33% less than the national average, earning R 144,180 per year and in United States they earn 23.57% more than the national average, earning $53,319 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masamba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺻﻤﺐ | masmb | 50 |
| ﻣﺼﻤﺐ | msmb | 33.33 |
| ﻣﺎﺻﻤﺒﺎ | masmba | 16.67 |
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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
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