Msangya Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msangya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msangya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5751:92,0729,213
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msangya (85) may also be a first name.

Msangya Last Name Facts

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

Msangya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Msangya? popularity and diffusion

Msangya is the 552,088th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,608,211 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msangya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most prevalent forename globally It is held by 85 people.

Msangya is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 92,072. In Tanzania Msangya is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 49 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Msangya
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