Masenye Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Masenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3561:152,18517,237
Lesotho281:72,5919,509
Botswana221:99,40615,343

Masenye (52) may also be a first name.

Masenye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masenye has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masenye? popularity and diffusion

Masenye is the 718,674th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masenye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequent forename on earth, borne by 52 people.

The surname Masenye is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 152,185. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and Limpopo, where 16 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 5 percent live.

Masenye Last Name Statistics demography

Masenye earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.17% less than the national average, earning R 177,828 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 Masenye
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