Masuku Surname

7,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Masuku Surname Definition:

Masuku is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an indegenous edible wild fruit.

Masuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa43,1391:1,256133
Zimbabwe18,8121:82134
Swaziland9,9031:13129
DR Congo2,7231:27,1323,405
Zambia1,3601:11,6541,345
Indonesia1,0041:131,72213,179
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Botswana5411:4,042595
England2231:249,85720,242
Namibia1271:18,9723,358
United States501:7,249,179331,838
India481:15,980,529256,885
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Masuku (469) may also be a first name.

Masuku Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Masuku is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an indegenous edible wild fruit.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Masuku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Masuku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Masuku (Marathi: मासुकु, Oriya: ମାସୁକୁ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masuku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,201st most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 92,449 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Masuku reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 393,184th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 469 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 43,139 people, or 1 in 1,256. In South Africa Masuku is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent are found and Gauteng, where 26 percent are found. Other than South Africa it exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found and Swaziland, where 13 percent are found.

Masuku Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Masuku earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.95% less than the national average, earning R 154,572 per year; in United States they earn 11.41% more than the national average, earning $48,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.1% more than the national average, earning $50,725 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masuku in the Marathi language
मासुकुmasuku-
Masuku in the Oriya language
ମାସୁକୁmasuku50
ମସୁକୁmasuku50

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