Massele Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Massele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Massele (152) may also be a first name.
Massele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Massele is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 983,245th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Massele reside; 49 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Massele is also the 746,252nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 152 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania Massele is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 74 percent are found, Geita Region, where 3 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 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 Massele
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