Missanga Surname
Approximately 1,908 people bear this surname
Missanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,791 | 1:29,560 | 3,525 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Missanga (22) may also be a first name.
Missanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Missanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Missanga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Missanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Missanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 215,348th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,819,469 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Missanga reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Missanga is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,791 people, or 1 in 29,560. In Tanzania Missanga is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 74 percent live, Manyara Region, where 10 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Gabon, 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 Missanga
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