Masewa Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Masewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 282 | 1:187,736 | 16,202 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Masewa (15) may also be a first name.
Masewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masewa is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 842,714th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. Masewa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Masewa reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Masewa is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 15 people.
The last name Masewa is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 187,736. In Tanzania Masewa is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 58 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 28 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
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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 Masewa
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