Masongela Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Masongela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 311 | 1:170,230 | 14,948 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Masongela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masongela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masongela is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masongela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Masongela is the 855,216th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masongela are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Masongela is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania Masongela is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 96 percent live, Tanga Region, where 3 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Tanzania Masongela exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Masongela
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