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
The last name Masanje is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masanje? popularity and diffusion
Masanje is the 216,168th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,837,570 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masanje reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Masanje is also the 694,534th most common forename on earth, held by 173 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,046 people, or 1 in 16,366. Not including Malawi it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 37 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
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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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