Masondo Surname

17,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Masondo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masondo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa29,8831:1,813222
Zimbabwe4101:37,6545,841
Swaziland2781:4,670333
Zambia571:278,06916,150
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Argentina431:994,03362,207
England281:1,989,93178,001
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Masondo (187) may also be a first name.

Masondo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masondo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masondo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 17,960th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 236,878 people. Masondo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masondo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 665,130th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 187 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 29,883 people, or 1 in 1,813. In South Africa Masondo is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 64 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Swaziland, where 1 percent live.

Masondo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Masondo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Masondo surname expanded 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Masondo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Masondo earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.23% less than the national average, earning R 175,296 per year and in United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD 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
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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 Masondo
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