Masempela Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Masempela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masempela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7431:21,3322,335
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Masempela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masempela occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masempela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 455,289th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,795,089 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masempela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Masempela is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 743 people, or 1 in 21,332. In Zambia Masempela is most common in: Southern Province, where 83 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found and Central Province, where 2 percent are found. Other than Zambia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Masempela
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