Masonko Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Masonko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 93 | 1:21,855 | 4,516 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Masonko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masonko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masonko is most common in Lesotho. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masonko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masonko is the 1,817,111th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masonko live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 21,855. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Quthing District, where 98 percent are found, Maseru District, where 1 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 1 percent are found. Other than Lesotho Masonko is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Masonko
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