Maskane Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maskane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maskane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania701:756,30941,721
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Maskane (15) may also be a first name.

Maskane Last Name Facts

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

Maskane is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maskane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maskane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maskane live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maskane is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Maskane is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 756,309. In Tanzania Maskane is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Maskane is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

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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 Maskane
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