Masanya Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kenya

Masanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1271:6,039,885141,381
Kenya841:549,76126,736
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Tanzania191:2,786,40149,097
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Masanya (131) may also be a first name.

Masanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Masanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Masanya (Marathi: मसान्या, Russian: Масаня) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 814,680th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Masanya are found; 37 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 811,108th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 131 people.

The surname Masanya is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India Masanya is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

Masanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masanya in the Marathi language
मसान्याmasan'ya60.73
मसण्याmasanya21.05
मसन्याmasan'ya8.1
मसाण्याmasanya4.05
मासान्याmasan'ya4.05
मासन्याmasan'ya1.21
Masanya in the Russian language
Масаняmasana-

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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
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  • 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 Masanya
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