Masansa Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Masansa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 261 | 1:202,841 | 17,276 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
Masansa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masansa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masansa occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masansa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 684,148th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masansa live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 202,841. In Tanzania Masansa is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 42 percent live, Singida Region, where 36 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 36 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Masansa
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