Masofa Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Masofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Masofa (24) may also be a first name.
Masofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masofa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masofa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masofa is the 1,014,722nd most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Masofa reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common given name world-wide, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Beside Malawi Masofa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 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
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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 Masofa
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