Masoka Surname
Approximately 11,265 people bear this surname
Masoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,082 | 1:10,661 | 1,323 |
| DR Congo | 3,236 | 1:22,831 | 2,883 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,281 | 1:12,052 | 1,598 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Zambia | 511 | 1:31,017 | 3,186 |
| Tanzania | 209 | 1:253,309 | 20,479 |
| Indonesia | 200 | 1:661,246 | 51,715 |
| Lesotho | 76 | 1:26,744 | 5,250 |
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Masoka (1,608) may also be a first name.
Masoka Demographics
Masoka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Masoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masoka (Oriya: ମେଶାକା, Russian: Масока) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masoka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 46,025th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 646,919 people. The last name Masoka is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Masoka reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Masoka is also the 192,699th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,608 people.
Masoka is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 5,082 people, or 1 in 10,661. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 26 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 22 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 22 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live.
Masoka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Masoka surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Masoka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.13% less than the national average, earning R 128,004 per year and in United States they earn 50.75% more than the national average, earning $65,048 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masoka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masoka in the Oriya language | ||
| ମେଶାକା | mesaka | 50 |
| ମେସାକା | mesaka | 50 |
| Masoka in the Russian language | ||
| Масока | masoka | - |
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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 Masoka
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