Masecha Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Masecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Masecha (19) may also be a first name.
Masecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masecha is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masecha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,214,709th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masecha are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania Masecha is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 70 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 30 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
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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 Masecha
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