Masewa Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Masewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 282 | 1:187,736 | 16,202 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Masewa (15) may also be a first name.
Masewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masewa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masewa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 842,714th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Masewa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Masewa live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.
The last name Masewa is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 282 people, or 1 in 187,736. In Tanzania Masewa is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 58 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 28 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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
- 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 Masewa
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