Masambuka Surname

370,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Masambuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masambuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8361:20,4773,173
Tanzania671:790,17342,439
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Masambuka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masambuka is found most in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Masambuka.

How Common Is The Last Name Masambuka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 370,384th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,512,934 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masambuka live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Outside of Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Masambuka Last Name Statistics demography

Masambuka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89% less than the national average, earning R 26,136 per year.

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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 Masambuka
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