Misonga Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Misonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 162 | 1:326,800 | 24,625 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Misonga (45) may also be a first name.
Misonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Misonga is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Misonga? popularity and diffusion
Misonga is the 935,326th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name Misonga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Misonga are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 45 people.
The surname Misonga is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania Misonga is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 99 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 41 percent live and Kenya, 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
- 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 Misonga
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