Masiwe Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Masiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Masiwe (37) may also be a first name.
Masiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masiwe is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masiwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Masiwe are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 33 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 37 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Masiwe is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 50 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 50 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and South Africa, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Masiwe
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