Massewa Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Massewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 191 | 1:692,404 | 53,816 |
| Tanzania | 45 | 1:1,176,480 | 46,524 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Massewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Massewa is most common in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massewa? popularity and diffusion
Massewa is the 1,055,483rd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Massewa live; 71 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 692,404. In Indonesia Massewa is primarily found in: Jakarta, where 84 percent live, West Papua, where 12 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 3 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Canada, 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 Massewa
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