Masilele Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Masilele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masilele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Masilele (10) may also be a first name.

Masilele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masilele is found most in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masilele? popularity and diffusion

Masilele is the 2,808,717th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masilele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Masilele is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,321,407. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 59 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.

Masilele Last Name Statistics demography

Masilele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.33% less than the national average, earning R 72,888 per year.

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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 Masilele
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