Massalu Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Massalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Massalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massalu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Massalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Massalu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Massalu reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Massalu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania Massalu is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 69 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 11 percent are found and Mara Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, 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 Massalu
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