Masatya Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Masatya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Masatya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Masatya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Masatya (Hindi: मसत्या) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Masatya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Masatya is the 1,447,279th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name Masatya is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Masatya reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 98 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Katavi Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Masotya86102/
Masatia865/
Masatea861/
Masatja861/
Mashatja805/
Matsatia801/
Massatia801/
Masatiha801/
Matshotya751/
Masatio711/
Mazatia711/
Matsatio672/
Massatio671/
Massatioh631/
Masotja5766/
Mosatio577/
Mazatio573/
Mashotja53210/
Mashotia531/
Masoitja531/
Matsotio531/
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Masatya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masatya in the Hindi language
मसत्याmasatya-

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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 Masatya
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