Mkusu Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Mkusu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 358 | 1:147,882 | 13,472 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Mkusu (28) may also be a first name.
Mkusu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkusu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkusu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkusu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 698,433rd most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,269,066 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkusu live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
Mkusu is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 147,882. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 22 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Mkusu
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