Msau Surname

251,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Msau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4871:119,1287,868
Tanzania661:802,14642,626
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Msau (10,369) may also be a first name.

Msau Last Name Facts

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

Msau is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Msau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 251,891st most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 4,635,843 people. Msau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Msau reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 59,790th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 10,369 people.

Msau is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,487 people, or 1 in 119,128. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kebbi, where 93 percent are found, Katsina, where 3 percent are found and Bauchi, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.

Msau Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msaud8925/
Mshau896/
Msayu895/
Msaju891/
Msa866,768/
Msu8671/
Msauje80150/
Msauye8056/
Msue75597/
Msai75541/
Msae75477/
Mseu75477/
Msuo75250/
Mssa75173/
Msia75154/
Msas75122/
Msad75102/
Msaa7591/
Msah7568/
Msha7558/
Mzau7541/
Msuu7537/
Msca7528/
Msud7520/
Msou7518/
Msoa7510/
Msat7510/
M'Sa759/
Msui759/
Msea758/
Mjau758/
Msuh758/
Måsa758/
Msuy757/
Hmsa755/
Mshu754/
Mssu754/
Msap752/
Msaj752/
Msuz752/
Mhsu751/
Msza751/
Mmsu751/
Msiu751/
Msay751/
Ms'a751/
Msus751/
Msju751/
Mscu751/
Msup751/
Msut751/
Msux751/
Mszu751/
Msuya6749,038/
Msuha679,204/
Msaad674,151/
Msiya673,982/
Mshai671,372/
Mseya671,025/
Mseja67798/
Msaid67665/
Msoud67257/
Msaya67252/
Msaji67203/
Msayi67177/
Msjah67171/
Msaih67142/
Msoya67141/
Mshah6745/
Msuji6738/
M'Sai6712/
Msuit6711/
Msaye6711/
Msuph6710/
Mshad6710/
Msaja679/
Mjaus678/
Mssad676/
M'Sia676/
Msaat675/
Msuth675/
Msoja674/
Msush674/
Msheu674/
Mmsha674/
Mshaa673/
Msawe673/
Mshui673/
Msgea673/
Msays672/
Msahe672/
Msaie672/
Msuia672/
Msaeh672/
Msaha672/
Msayo672/
Mssai672/
Hmsah672/
M'Ssa671/
Mhsai671/
Mshae671/
Mshea671/
Mssea671/
Mssuo671/
Msuut671/
Hmsia671/
Mssah671/
M'Sas671/
Msuch671/
Mseha671/
M'Sou671/
M'Sui671/
Mshud671/
Mjaju671/
Mssus671/
Msouh671/
Mcaju671/
Msous671/
Msujh671/
Msuye671/
Msija671/
Msioa671/
Msiua671/
Mësaj671/
Msaaa671/
Msahd671/
Msaht671/
Mshus671/
Msuoa671/
Msuud671/

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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 Msau
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