Masiwa Surname
Approximately 1,517 people bear this surname
Masiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 838 | 1:18,423 | 2,722 |
| Zambia | 484 | 1:32,748 | 3,337 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Masiwa (524) may also be a first name.
Masiwa Demographics
Masiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Masiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masiwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 259,194th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,803,920 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Masiwa reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 368,711th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 524 people.
The surname Masiwa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 838 people, or 1 in 18,423. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 30 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live and Midlands Province, where 15 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 32 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Masiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Masiwa earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 3% more than the national average, earning R 244,776 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 Masiwa
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