Msamba Surname

82,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4,4761:11,8281,543
Malawi1,2551:13,6412,125
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zambia371:428,37620,573
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msamba (395) may also be a first name.

Msamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msamba occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Msamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Msamba? popularity and diffusion

Msamba is the 82,653rd most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,243,396 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msamba are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Msamba is also the 434,832nd most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 395 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,476 people, or 1 in 11,828. In Tanzania Msamba is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 27 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 24 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshamba921,552/
Msambaa92677/
Msambai9215/
Msaamba921/
Msambaja864/
Msomba838,232/
Mjamba83930/
Mzamba83279/
Msambo83239/
Mcamba83222/
Msemba83162/
Mxamba8369/
Msambi8342/
Msambe8327/
Msamva831/
Msamwa831/
Mshambaha801/
Mshomba77692/
Mshambi7742/
Msamber7715/
Mshambo776/
Mjzamba776/
Mxhamba776/
Mshemba772/
Msambei771/
M'Sambe771/
M'Zamba771/
Mshambe771/
Msiambi771/
Msaamber711/
Mchambai711/
Mjomba673,716/
Mzomba671,042/
Msombe67747/
Mzemba67664/
Mjambe67173/
Mzambi6792/
Mzambo6785/
Msombo6730/
Mzambe679/
Msembo675/
Mxambi673/
Msombi672/
Mjambi672/
Mcemba671/
M'Sambouh671/
Msanbe671/
Mzamva671/
Mxambe671/
Msanwa671/
Mjambo671/
Mxambo671/
McOmba670/

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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
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  • 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 Msamba
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