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 last name Masondo is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Masondo.

How Common Is The Last Name Masondo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,960th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 236,878 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masondo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 665,130th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 187 people.

Masondo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 29,883 people, or 1 in 1,813. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Swaziland, where 1 percent are found.

Masondo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Masondo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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
  • 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 Masondo
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