Masinya Surname

419,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Botswana

Masinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3641:126,86810,482
South Africa3301:164,17518,364
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Zimbabwe511:302,71130,394
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Masinya (148) may also be a first name.

Masinya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masinya (Hindi: मसिंया, Russian: Масиня) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masinya? popularity and diffusion

Masinya is the 419,303rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,801,384 people. The last name Masinya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masinya are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Masinya is also the 757,758th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 148 people.

The last name Masinya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 364 people, or 1 in 126,868. In Kenya Masinya is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent live, Kisii County, where 19 percent live and Bungoma County, where 18 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 40 percent live and Botswana, where 7 percent live.

Masinya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Masinya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Masinya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.67% less than the national average, earning R 100,596 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masinya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masinya in the Hindi language
मसिंयाmasinya-
Masinya in the Russian language
Масиняmasina-

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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 Masinya
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