Massawa Surname
Approximately 896 people bear this surname
Massawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 415 | 1:63,675 | 4,684 |
| Tanzania | 402 | 1:131,696 | 12,316 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Massawa (41) may also be a first name.
Massawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massawa is most common in Yemen. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massawa? popularity and diffusion
Massawa is the 394,201st most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,133,422 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Massawa are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 46 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 41 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 63,675. In Yemen it is most frequent in: Hajjah Governorate, where 75 percent reside, Lahij Governorate, where 22 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Yemen this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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
- 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 Massawa
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