Masankwa Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Masankwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 345 | 1:133,855 | 10,969 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Masankwa (10) may also be a first name.
Masankwa Demographics
Masankwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Masankwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masankwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masankwa is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masankwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 807,857th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masankwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Masankwa is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
Masankwa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 133,855. In Kenya Masankwa is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 57 percent live, Nyamira County, where 42 percent live and Bomet County, where 0 percent live. Apart from Kenya Masankwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Masankwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masangwa | 88 | 3,601 | / |
| Mosankwa | 88 | 13 | / |
| Masankwe | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mashangwa | 82 | 270 | / |
| Masiangwa | 82 | 87 | / |
| Massangwa | 82 | 6 | / |
| Masang'wa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Massangwah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Masangwi | 75 | 1,067 | / |
| Mazangwa | 75 | 466 | / |
| Masongwa | 75 | 249 | / |
| Masangwe | 75 | 18 | / |
| Mosangwa | 75 | 13 | / |
| Majangwa | 75 | 8 | / |
| Masangua | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mozankwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Masamgwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masangba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mashongwa | 71 | 347 | / |
| Mashangva | 71 | 167 | / |
| Mashangwe | 71 | 54 | / |
| Machangwa | 71 | 54 | / |
| Masiangwe | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mashengwa | 71 | 16 | / |
| Masaungwe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mosiangwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Masangkui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Massangua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maseangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matsangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mazamncwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Messangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mosangwoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masahngwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masangbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masanguay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masheng'wa | 67 | 201 | / |
| Massankoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Massoungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashangbha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Masankwa
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