Masiya Surname
Approximately 11,339 people bear this surname
Masiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 5,846 | 1:2,641 | 177 |
| South Africa | 2,410 | 1:22,480 | 2,844 |
| DR Congo | 1,471 | 1:50,224 | 6,071 |
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| Zambia | 493 | 1:32,150 | 3,286 |
| Swaziland | 202 | 1:6,427 | 396 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Namibia | 20 | 1:120,470 | 9,225 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Masiya (4,644) may also be a first name.
Masiya Demographics
Average Masiya Salary in
United States
$72,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Masiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masiya (Bengali: মসিয়া, Hindi: मसिया, Marathi: मसीया, Oriya: ମସିୟା) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Masiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,728th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 642,697 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Masiya live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 100,605th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 4,644 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 5,846 people, or 1 in 2,641. In Zimbabwe Masiya is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 32 percent reside, Harare Province, where 16 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.
Masiya Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Masiya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.02% less than the national average, earning R 144,900 per year and in United States they earn 67.3% more than the national average, earning $72,188 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masiya in the Bengali language | ||
| মসিয়া | masiya | 75 |
| মসিযা | masiya | 12.5 |
| মাসিয়া | masiya | 12.5 |
| Masiya in the Marathi language | ||
| मसीया | masiya | 65 |
| मासीया | masiya | 20 |
| मािसया | maisaya | 12.5 |
| माया | maya | 2.5 |
| Masiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମସିୟା | masiya | 37.5 |
| ମସିୟ | masiya | 25 |
| ମାସିୟା | masiya | 12.5 |
| ମାସିଆ | masi'a | 12.5 |
| ମଶିୟ | masiya | 12.5 |
| Masiya in the Hindi language | ||
| मसिया | masiya | 36.29 |
| मसीया | masiya | 35.89 |
| मासिया | masiya | 25.81 |
| मासीया | masiya | 0.81 |
| मासिय | masiya | 0.81 |
| ्मसिया | masiya | 0.4 |
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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 Masiya
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