Masegela Surname

364,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 991 people bear this surname

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

Masegela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masegela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8951:60,5347,649
Tanzania901:588,24037,030
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Masegela (50) may also be a first name.

Masegela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masegela is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Masegela.

How Common Is The Last Name Masegela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Masegela is the 364,266th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,353,729 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masegela reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 50 people.

The surname Masegela is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 895 people, or 1 in 60,534. In South Africa Masegela is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 63 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 4 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Masegela Last Name Statistics demography

Masegela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.54% less than the national average, earning R 188,820 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 Masegela
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