Masasa Surname
Approximately 5,210 people bear this surname
Masasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| DR Congo | 1,067 | 1:69,240 | 8,138 |
| Zimbabwe | 916 | 1:16,854 | 2,467 |
| Lesotho | 789 | 1:2,576 | 373 |
| Tanzania | 419 | 1:126,352 | 11,892 |
| Botswana | 276 | 1:7,924 | 1,393 |
| South Africa | 220 | 1:246,262 | 25,099 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| Namibia | 34 | 1:70,865 | 7,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Masasa (704) may also be a first name.
Masasa Demographics
Average Masasa Salary in
South Africa
R 136,800
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Masasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masasa (Arabic: مصا) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Masasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Masasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 91,826th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,398,761 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masasa live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 311,400th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 704 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Without taking into account Malawi Masasa occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside.
Masasa Last Name Statistics demography
Masasa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.43% less than the national average, earning R 136,800 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masasa in the Arabic language | ||
| مصا | msa | - |
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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 Masasa
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