Msalya Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Msalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Msalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Msalya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msalya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Msalya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 307,800. In Tanzania Msalya is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 48 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 44 percent live and Iringa Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Msalya occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Msalya
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