Maswana Surname

268,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3501:40,1325,159
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zambia201:792,49627,807
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
England21:27,859,030389,889
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maswana (175) may also be a first name.

Maswana Last Name Facts

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

Maswana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maswana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 268,397th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,012,067 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maswana reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 175 people.

The last name Maswana is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,350 people, or 1 in 40,132. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.

Maswana Last Name Statistics demography

Maswana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.1% less than the national average, earning R 137,592 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
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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 Maswana
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