Masimba Surname
Approximately 7,323 people bear this surname
Masimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,112 | 1:12,875 | 1,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,328 | 1:6,632 | 727 |
| Kenya | 563 | 1:82,025 | 7,544 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Masimba (6,496) may also be a first name.
Masimba Demographics
Masimba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Masimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masimba has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 67,883rd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 995,159 people. Masimba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masimba live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Masimba is also the 81,428th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 6,496 people.
The surname Masimba is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,112 people, or 1 in 12,875. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 25 percent live, Tanga Region, where 14 percent live and Singida Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
Masimba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Masimba surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Masimba
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