Masunya Surname

866,642nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Masunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1151:460,36231,974
Lesotho771:26,3975,202
South Africa691:785,18453,751
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Masunya (26) may also be a first name.

Masunya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masunya (Russian: Масуня) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masunya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 866,642nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. The last name Masunya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Masunya live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Masunya is also the 2,084,397th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.

Masunya is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 460,362. In Tanzania Masunya is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 74 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 8 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 22 percent reside.

Masunya Last Name Statistics demography

Masunya earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.2% less than the national average, earning R 187,248 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mashunya932/
Masonya86101/
Masunia8621/
Mosunya8614/
Mazunya869/
Masunha867/
Masunja862/
Mashonya8024/
Massunia805/
Mmasonya804/
Masumnia802/
Motsunya801/
Mashunia801/
Masoumnia7584/
Massounia754/
Masonia7161/
Masonja719/
Massoumnia716/
Masonyo713/
Mazunia712/
Mashonja6739/
Machunia679/
Machunja679/
Mazounia672/
Mousugna671/
Masszonia633/
Masooynia631/
Moussounia591/
Masonjo5736/
Masonio571/

Masunya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masunya in the Russian language
Масуняmasuna-

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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 Masunya
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