Msenda Surname
Approximately 557 people bear this surname
Msenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 402 | 1:131,696 | 12,316 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Msenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Msenda is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Msenda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Msenda is the 567,444th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. The last name Msenda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msenda live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Msenda is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 131,696. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 59 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 19 percent live and Pwani Region, where 16 percent live. Beside Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msendoa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Msendooa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mjenda | 83 | 1,347 | / |
| Msendo | 83 | 746 | / |
| Msinda | 83 | 653 | / |
| Mzenda | 83 | 591 | / |
| Msende | 83 | 360 | / |
| Mgenda | 83 | 27 | / |
| Msendi | 83 | 7 | / |
| Msindai | 77 | 471 | / |
| Msendoo | 77 | 160 | / |
| Msinday | 77 | 61 | / |
| Mzendah | 77 | 32 | / |
| Mshinda | 77 | 17 | / |
| Msendie | 77 | 4 | / |
| Msender | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mgemnda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mshendo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mjendaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Msindah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mcnda | 73 | 5 | / |
| Msndi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mchemnda | 71 | 1 | / |
| McHenday | 71 | 0 | / |
| Msindo | 67 | 5,342 | / |
| Mgendi | 67 | 4,835 | / |
| Mzinda | 67 | 669 | / |
| Msinde | 67 | 503 | / |
| Mzendi | 67 | 390 | / |
| Mzende | 67 | 230 | / |
| Mgendo | 67 | 108 | / |
| Msindi | 67 | 37 | / |
| McEndy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mjinda | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mjende | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mxinda | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mxende | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjendi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgende | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msndid | 67 | 1 | / |
| McEndo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchnda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjendo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcinda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mshndi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msndes | 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 Msenda
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