Masinama Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

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

Masinama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masinama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa611:888,15957,770
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Masinama (70) may also be a first name.

Masinama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masinama (Oriya: ମାସିନାମା) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masinama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Masinama are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 70 people.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 888,159. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 90 percent reside, Western Cape, where 8 percent reside and Gauteng, where 2 percent reside. Beside South Africa Masinama is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Masinama Last Name Statistics demography

Masinama earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.76% less than the national average, earning R 185,928 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masinama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masinama in the Oriya language
ମାସିନାମାmasinama33.33
ମସିନାମାmasinama33.33
ମଶିନାମାmasinama33.33

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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 Masinama
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