Masome Surname
Approximately 1,160 people bear this surname
Masome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,076 | 1:49,202 | 5,489 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Masome (543) may also be a first name.
Masome Demographics
Average Masome Salary in
South Africa
R 56,544
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Masome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masome is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 321,782nd most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,282,367 people. The last name Masome occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Masome reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Masome is also the 361,572nd most common given name on earth, borne by 543 people.
The surname Masome is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,076 people, or 1 in 49,202. In Tanzania Masome is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 40 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 14 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Masome is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Masome Last Name Statistics demography
Masome earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.21% less than the national average, earning R 56,544 per year.
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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 Masome
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