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 last name Msanya is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 194,820th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,380,123 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msanya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,061 people, or 1 in 25,687. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 34 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent live and South Korea, where 0 percent live.
Msanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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