Masilingi Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Masilingi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masilingi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5761:91,9139,201
Zambia901:176,11012,058
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Masilingi (18) may also be a first name.

Masilingi Last Name Facts

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

Masilingi is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Masilingi.

How Common Is The Last Name Masilingi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 490,085th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masilingi reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Masilingi is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.

The surname Masilingi is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 576 people, or 1 in 91,913. In Tanzania Masilingi is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 50 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 24 percent reside and Mara Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Masilingi occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 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
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  • 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 Masilingi
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