Masigane Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Masigane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Masigane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masigane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masigane occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Masigane.
How Common Is The Last Name Masigane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Masigane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masigane live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent reside. Barring South Africa Masigane occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Masigane
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