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 surname Massele has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Massele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 983,245th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Massele live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Massele is also the 746,252nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 152 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania Massele is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 74 percent live, Geita Region, where 3 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 21 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 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 Massele
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