Masefefe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Masefefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masefefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322

Masefefe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masefefe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Masefefe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masefefe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Masefefe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masefefe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa Masefefe is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 85 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found and Limpopo, where 8 percent are found.

Masefefe Last Name Statistics demography

Masefefe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.31% less than the national average, earning R 82,440 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Messefef75160/
Mesfef714/
Masfif713/
Meshifefe711/
Masfuf711/
Masfufa67122/
Mesafef674/
Masfafi671/
Masafif671/
Musfefa671/
Mosfefa671/
Mochifefe599/
Moisefevs591/

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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
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  • 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 Masefefe
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