Masembe Surname
Approximately 5,108 people bear this surname
Masembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,545 | 1:8,590 | 1,471 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Tanzania | 208 | 1:254,527 | 20,548 |
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| Kenya | 35 | 1:1,319,426 | 35,360 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Masembe (114) may also be a first name.
Masembe Demographics
Average Masembe Salary in
United States
$65,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Masembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masembe is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Masembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Masembe? popularity and diffusion
Masembe is the 93,420th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,426,693 people. Masembe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masembe live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Masembe is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 114 people.
The surname Masembe is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 4,545 people, or 1 in 8,590. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 26 percent are found, Kampala District, where 16 percent are found and Rakai District, where 6 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.
Masembe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Masembe earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 75.54% more than the national average, earning R 417,144 per year and in United States they earn 50.83% more than the national average, earning $65,083 USD 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 Masembe
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