Maseye Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Maseye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maseye (41) may also be a first name.
Maseye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maseye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maseye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maseye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maseye are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Maseye is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is most common in: Tororo District, where 45 percent live, Kampala District, where 24 percent live and Bugiri District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 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 Maseye
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