Maskia Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Maskia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maskia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Maskia (321) may also be a first name.

Maskia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maskia is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maskia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,035,555th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Maskia live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 489,856th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 321 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maskiah92508/
Mas'kia921/
Mashkia921/
Maskijah86165/
Meskia8365/
Maskio8326/
Maskea832/
Moskia831/
Maskya831/
Meskhia77977/
Masckio7730/
Maschia7710/
Masquia772/
Meshkia771/
Maasqia771/
Maschkio716/
Maschiah712/
Mashkyaz711/
Massquia711/
Machhkhia673/
Maskeo673/
Meskio671/
Mesqia671/
Meskya671/
Mascía671/
Masqya671/
Mezkia671/
Moskya671/

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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 Maskia
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis