Masepo Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Masepo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masepo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1691:313,26423,875
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Masepo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masepo is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masepo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,210,518th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname Masepo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masepo live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Masepo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 313,264. In Tanzania Masepo is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 89 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matsepo9218/
Massepo926/
Maseapo922/
Mashepo922/
Mats'epo864/
Matshepo861/
Mat'sepo861/
Masephou861/
'Matsepo861/
Matsepho861/
Masapo83611/
Masopo83284/
Masepa83261/
Mazepo83208/
Majepo83109/
Masipo8365/
Mosepo8322/
Macepo8311/
Magepo831/
Mesepo831/
'Mats'epo804/
Matsiepoo802/
Mmatshepo801/
Matsepa77801/
Mashapo77307/
Motsepo77233/
Mashepa77140/
Mashipo7768/
Madjepo7748/
Massopo7735/
Mashopo7731/
Meazepo7721/
Masapoo773/
Masopho773/
Majepos772/
Masopoh771/
Mossepo771/
Matsipo771/
Masepha771/
Maseepa771/
Masapho771/
Masipho771/
Masepau771/
Massapo771/
Mashapho7151/
Matshipo7146/
Motshepo7113/
Mashepha716/
Maschepa715/
Matshepa714/
Mashopho711/
Matchepo711/
Moseapoa711/
Messepou711/
Maissepa711/
Massoppo711/
Massypot710/
Masipa676,906/
Mazepa676,092/
Magipo67717/
Masapa67513/
Masopa67501/
Majipo67434/
Mezepo67175/
Mazipo6772/
Mesapo6763/
Mosopo6757/
Mosapo6749/
Majepa6721/
Mosepa6719/
Magepa677/
Macepa677/
Mesepa675/
Mozapo672/
Maschespa671/
Mazopo671/
Mozepo671/
Mezapo671/

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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 Masepo
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