Masoye Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Masoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Masoyé (1) are calculated separately.
Masoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masoye is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Masoyé. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Masoye reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania Masoye is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 57 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 14 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Masoye exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 19 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 Masoye
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