Maselema Surname
Approximately 607 people bear this surname
Maselema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 398 | 1:133,019 | 12,405 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
Maselema (77) may also be a first name.
Maselema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maselema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maselema occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maselema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maselema is the 532,232nd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,005,842 people. The last name Maselema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maselema live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maselema is also the 1,100,117th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 77 people.
Maselema is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 133,019. In Tanzania Maselema is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 59 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 40 percent are found and Geita Region, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 34 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masalema | 88 | 685 | / |
| Maseleme | 88 | 101 | / |
| Massalema | 82 | 7 | / |
| Machelema | 82 | 2 | / |
| Moseleyma | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maiselamah | 78 | 5 | / |
| Mazalema | 75 | 58 | / |
| Masilemi | 75 | 7 | / |
| Masalama | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mosalema | 75 | 3 | / |
| Masalima | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moselama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masilama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maselimi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moselemo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maselimo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Machelemo | 71 | 181 | / |
| Maisalama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Masselomo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mashaljma | 71 | 4 | / |
| Masalamma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Machelemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Masilamay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Massoloma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mashalama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masalamah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maisalamah | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mohshalema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moussalema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maisilimai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masilamahy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masaalamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maasalamma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Maselema
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