Masaza Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Masaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 190 | 1:81,254 | 11,884 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Masaža (1) are calculated separately.
Masaza (32) may also be a first name.
Masaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masaza occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Masaža. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masaza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Masaza is the 692,305th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masaza are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Masaza is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name globally, borne by 32 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 81,254. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 31 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 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 Masaza
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