Masinja Surname
Approximately 1,837 people bear this surname
Masinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| Zambia | 402 | 1:39,428 | 3,917 |
| Nigeria | 336 | 1:527,211 | 25,962 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Masinja (89) may also be a first name.
Masinja Demographics
Average Masinja Salary in
South Africa
R 15,120
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Masinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masinja is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Masinja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 221,950th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,967,091 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masinja are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Masinja is also the 1,011,231st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 89 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,046 people, or 1 in 16,366. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.
Masinja Last Name Statistics demography
Masinja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.64% less than the national average, earning R 15,120 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 Masinja
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