Masenyetsa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Masenyetsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Masenyetsa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Masenyetsa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masenyetsa is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Masenyetsa.

How Common Is The Last Name Masenyetsa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masenyetsa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Qacha's Nek District, where 38 percent reside, Berea District, where 13 percent reside and Leribe District, where 13 percent reside. Beside Lesotho Masenyetsa exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 38 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Masenyetse90284/
Masinyetsa902/
Masenyetsi901/
Mosenyetse802/
Motsenyetsi7616/
Motsenyetse761/
Moitshenyetse701/
Mosinyetsi701/
Moitsinyetsi641/
Moitshinyetsi6131/

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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 Masenyetsa
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