Misungwi Surname

80,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Misungwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Misungwi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6,0211:8,7931,159
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Misungwi (709) may also be a first name.

Misungwi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Misungwi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Misungwi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 80,791st most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,209,953 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Misungwi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 310,223rd most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 709 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6,021 people, or 1 in 8,793. In Tanzania it is most common in: Geita Region, where 50 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 22 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Misungwi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Missungwi9498/
Misungwa88110/
Musungwi881/
Misungwe881/
Missungwa8211/
Mizungwe75270/
Misongwe75115/
Musungwe7516/
Muzungwi751/
Mushungwe7135/
Michungwe711/
Musunkui63425/
Muzungwe634/
Mushingwe5911/
Messoungue564/
Messungueh561/
Mesongue501/
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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 Misungwi
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