Masenja Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Masenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Masenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masenja is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masenja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Masenja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masenja reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 50 percent live, Niger, where 43 percent live and Nasarawa, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
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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 Masenja
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