Massiye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Massiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Massiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massiye is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Massiye is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Massiye live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Massiye is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 40 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 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
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- 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 Massiye
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