Masanja Surname
Approximately 107,071 people bear this surname
Masanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 105,916 | 1:500 | 60 |
| Uganda | 561 | 1:69,589 | 7,753 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Kenya | 158 | 1:292,278 | 18,763 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Masanja (32,807) may also be a first name.
Masanja Demographics
Average Masanja Salary in
United States
$94,531 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Masanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masanja is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masanja is the 5,288th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 68,063 people. The last name Masanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masanja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Masanja is also the 26,009th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 32,807 people.
The last name Masanja is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 105,916 people, or 1 in 500. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 22 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 19 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.
Masanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Masanja earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 119.08% more than the national average, earning $94,531 USD 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 Masanja
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