Msambya Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Msambya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 285 | 1:185,760 | 16,061 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Msambya (124) may also be a first name.
Msambya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msambya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Msambya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msambya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 685,266th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Msambya reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 836,439th most common first name on earth It is held by 124 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 185,760. In Tanzania Msambya is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 84 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Iringa Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Australia, 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 Msambya
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