Mselemu Surname
Approximately 3,379 people bear this surname
Mselemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,796 | 1:18,935 | 2,410 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mselemu (118) may also be a first name.
Mselemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mselemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mselemu occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mselemu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 133,427th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,156,717 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mselemu are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mselemu is also the 859,937th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 118 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,796 people, or 1 in 18,935. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 21 percent live, Tanga Region, where 12 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Mselemu is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mselemu
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