Masanje Surname
Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname
Masanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| Tanzania | 699 | 1:75,739 | 7,866 |
| Zimbabwe | 116 | 1:133,088 | 17,509 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Masanje (173) may also be a first name.
Masanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masanje occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masanje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 216,168th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,837,570 people. Masanje is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masanje live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Masanje is also the 694,534th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 173 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,046 people, or 1 in 16,366. Apart from Malawi Masanje occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 37 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
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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 Masanje
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