Masinye Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Masinye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masinye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Masinye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masinye is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Masinye.

How Common Is The Last Name Masinye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Masinye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masinye are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Masinye is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 82 percent are found, Limpopo, where 9 percent are found and North West, where 9 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.

Masinye Last Name Statistics demography

Masinye earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.35% less than the national average, earning R 198,780 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 Masinye
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