Maswaya Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Maswaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 147 | 1:105,022 | 14,642 |
| Zambia | 57 | 1:278,069 | 16,150 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maswaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maswaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maswaya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maswaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 998,609th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Maswaya live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 105,022. In Zimbabwe Maswaya is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent reside, Harare Province, where 29 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Maswaya
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