Maseru Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Maseru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 529 | 1:3,842 | 721 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Maseru (391) may also be a first name.
Maseru Demographics
Average Maseru Salary in
South Africa
R 55,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maseru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maseru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maseru (Arabic: ماسيرو, Hindi: मसेरू) is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maseru? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 503,100th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Maseru live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 437,834th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 391 people.
The last name Maseru is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 529 people, or 1 in 3,842. In Lesotho Maseru is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 28 percent reside, Butha-Buthe District, where 24 percent reside and Leribe District, where 16 percent reside. Not including Lesotho this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
Maseru Last Name Statistics demography
Maseru earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.79% less than the national average, earning R 55,152 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maseru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maseru in the Hindi language | ||
| मसेरू | maseru | - |
| Maseru in the Arabic language | ||
| ماسيرو | masyrw | - |
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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 Maseru
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