Msanya Surname
Approximately 2,156 people bear this surname
Msanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,061 | 1:25,687 | 3,136 |
| Kenya | 92 | 1:501,955 | 25,569 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Msanya Demographics
Msanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Msanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Msanya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Msanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 194,820th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,380,123 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msanya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,061 people, or 1 in 25,687. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 34 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and South Korea, where 0 percent reside.
Msanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Msanya surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mshanya | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mhsanya | 92 | 5 | / |
| Msanja | 83 | 45 | / |
| Msanyo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Msonya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mzanya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mjanya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mcanya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Msangia | 77 | 73 | / |
| Mshanja | 77 | 35 | / |
| Mchanya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mxhanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mjanja | 67 | 1,301 | / |
| Msanjo | 67 | 173 | / |
| Mzonya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Msonyo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mxonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzangia | 62 | 9 | / |
| Mxhonya | 62 | 2 | / |
| McHagney | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mchanjha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Msonia | 50 | 169 | / |
| Mjamja | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mzanjo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Msanya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis