Masanyika Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Masanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 446 | 1:118,703 | 11,347 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Masanyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masanyika has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Masanyika.
How Common Is The Last Name Masanyika? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 664,903rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masanyika live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Masanyika is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 118,703. In Tanzania Masanyika is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 74 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Masanyika
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