Msawa Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Msawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 621 | 1:85,252 | 8,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Msawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Msawa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Msawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Msawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 504,985th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,211,609 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msawa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 621 people, or 1 in 85,252. In Tanzania Msawa is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 48 percent live, Katavi Region, where 35 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mshawa | 91 | 33 | / |
| Msaiwa | 91 | 9 | / |
| Mssawa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Msaswa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Msaywa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Msewa | 80 | 1,139 | / |
| Msowa | 80 | 381 | / |
| Msaba | 80 | 247 | / |
| Mjawa | 80 | 41 | / |
| Msava | 80 | 16 | / |
| Msawi | 80 | 12 | / |
| Msawe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mzawa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mshawwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Msehwa | 73 | 270 | / |
| Mshewa | 73 | 92 | / |
| McAway | 73 | 27 | / |
| Msaave | 73 | 16 | / |
| Msabaa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Mshaba | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mzawua | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mgiawa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mshava | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hmjawa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Msaeva | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mssawe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mshawo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Msaiva | 73 | 4 | / |
| M'Sewa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mshawe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mshawi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Msabha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mzaywa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mzawai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mzaiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msauba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msabau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtjawa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msuiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Saba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mseuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msavah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msaawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msaabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mzgawa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msavai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msabay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmsawy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msaibah | 67 | 389 | / |
| Mshabaa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Msabhai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mshaweh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mshawet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mshabah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msaibaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Chawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchaswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mssabaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mssabah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msowaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mshaeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzahywa | 67 | 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 Msawa
- 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