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
Massaga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Massaga is the 432,326th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,155,208 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Massaga are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Massaga is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 566 people, or 1 in 93,536. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 39 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 28 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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