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
Msalya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Msalya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Msalya is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Msalya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Msalya is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 307,800. In Tanzania Msalya is primarily found 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 this last name is found in one country. It also occurs 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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