Misanjo Surname

326,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Misanjo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Misanjo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,1241:15,2312,380
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Misanjo Last Name Facts

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

Misanjo is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Misanjo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Misanjo is the 326,564th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,403,819 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Misanjo reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Misanjo is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Beside Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and Scotland, where 0 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 Misanjo
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