Masawe Surname
Approximately 20,904 people bear this surname
Masawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 20,367 | 1:2,599 | 353 |
| South Africa | 350 | 1:154,793 | 17,479 |
| Kenya | 86 | 1:536,976 | 26,431 |
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Masawe (39) may also be a first name.
Masawe Demographics
Average Masawe Salary in
United States
$87,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Masawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masawe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masawe is the 25,759th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 348,620 people. Masawe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masawe live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Masawe is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 20,367 people, or 1 in 2,599. In Tanzania Masawe is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 25 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live and Arusha Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Masawe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Masawe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.92% less than the national average, earning R 95,256 per year and in United States they earn 101.82% more than the national average, earning $87,083 USD 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 Masawe
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