Masunyane Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Masunyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masunyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3231:167,73318,699
Lesotho1861:10,9282,475
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Masunyane (21) may also be a first name.

Masunyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masunyane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Masunyane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masunyane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Masunyane is the 606,498th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masunyane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Masunyane is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 167,733. In South Africa Masunyane is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 52 percent reside, Free State, where 33 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Besides South Africa Masunyane is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 36 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Masunyane Last Name Statistics demography

Masunyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.36% less than the national average, earning R 136,968 per year.

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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 Masunyane
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