Massaga Surname
Approximately 796 people bear this surname
Massaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 566 | 1:93,536 | 9,334 |
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Massaga (26) may also be a first name.
Massaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massaga is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Massaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Massaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 432,326th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,155,208 people. Massaga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Massaga reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most common given name in the world, held by 26 people.
The last name Massaga is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 566 people, or 1 in 93,536. In Tanzania Massaga is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 39 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 28 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 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 Massaga
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