Msando Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Msando Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 338 | 1:156,632 | 14,076 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Msando Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msando Come From? nationality or country of origin
Msando is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msando? popularity and diffusion
It is the 796,486th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Msando occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Msando reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 338 people, or 1 in 156,632. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 39 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 33 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mshando | 92 | 85 | / |
| Msiando | 92 | 1 | / |
| Msanda | 83 | 476 | / |
| Msondo | 83 | 184 | / |
| Mhsondo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mshondo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mshendo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mshanda | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Shanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msonda | 67 | 2,793 | / |
| Mzondo | 67 | 1,055 | / |
| Mzanda | 67 | 358 | / |
| Mxanda | 67 | 74 | / |
| Mjondo | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mjanda | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mxondo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mdjondo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Msonnda | 62 | 1 | / |
| M'Zondo | 62 | 1 | / |
| McHandas | 57 | 1 | / |
| M'Sounda | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mzonda | 50 | 777 | / |
| Mxamda | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Msando
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