Masasanya Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Masasanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masasanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2441:222,04023,223
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Masasanya Last Name Facts

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

Masasanya is found most in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masasanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Masasanya is the 1,025,894th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masasanya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 222,040. In South Africa Masasanya is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 77 percent are found, Limpopo, where 14 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Masasanya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Masasanya Last Name Statistics demography

Masasanya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 92.15% more than the national average, earning R 456,612 per year.

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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 Masasanya
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