Massanja Surname
Approximately 931 people bear this surname
Massanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 895 | 1:59,153 | 6,370 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Massanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massanja occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 382,372nd most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,827,654 people. Massanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Massanja live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 895 people, or 1 in 59,153. In Tanzania Massanja is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 35 percent live, Arusha Region, where 18 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Mozambique, where 0 percent live.
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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 Massanja
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