Maasi
surname · Latin script
Meaning: alternative form of uasi (“rebellion”)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Maasi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 47K(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 573K
- KEKenya≈1 in 935K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 22 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 47K (inferred from the name graph)
≈57 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ma-Asi in ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
alternative form of uasi (“rebellion”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maasi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 935K | — | Maasi | 4 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Ma-Asi | 3 |
| EE Estonia | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 47K | 24 | — | 2 |
| US United States | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 25M | — | Maasi | 22 |
| IN India | 11 | 1 in 121M | 11 | Maasi | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 573K | — | Maasi | 8 |
| AU Australia | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 4.5M | — | Maasi | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maasi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Yoruba, Mars; the fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In uun, rice cake made from glutinous rice; muah chee; mochi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vmw, water
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 37 | #9,880 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 28 | #16,888 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 24 | #4,674 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 19 | #5,807 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 13 | #11,146 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 11 | #113,595 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 7 | #117,745 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #9,324 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #52,036 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maasi mean, and where does it come from?
- alternative form of uasi (“rebellion”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Maasi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 people named Maasi in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maasi.
- How common is the name Maasi?
- In India, the national register counted 11 people named Maasi, about 1 in 121 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maasiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maasi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.