Maswera Surname

360,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Maswera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maswera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe9751:15,8342,269
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
England51:11,143,612252,590
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maswera (33) may also be a first name.

Maswera Last Name Facts

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

Maswera is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maswera? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,616th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,258,512 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maswera reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 975 people, or 1 in 15,834. In Zimbabwe Maswera is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 25 percent live, Harare Province, where 17 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

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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 Maswera
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