Masenyane Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Masenyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masenyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2111:9,6332,184
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925

Masenyane (1,028) may also be a first name.

Masenyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masenyane is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Masenyane? popularity and diffusion

Masenyane is the 975,866th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masenyane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 250,249th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,028 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 9,633. In Lesotho Masenyane is mostly found in: Quthing District, where 65 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 19 percent live and Maseru District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Lesotho it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 20 percent live.

Masenyane Last Name Statistics demography

Masenyane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.7% less than the national average, earning R 102,900 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
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  • 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 Masenyane
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