Msendo Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6921:76,5057,928
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Msendo (235) may also be a first name.

Msendo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msendo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Msendo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Msendo is the 454,357th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,768,828 people. The surname Msendo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Msendo live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 584,346th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 235 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 76,505. In Tanzania Msendo is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 43 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msendoo92160/
Msendoa923/
Mshendo921/
Msendooa864/
Msindo835,342/
Msenda83557/
Mgendo83108/
McEndo831/
Mjendo831/
Mshindo772,771/
McEndoo7752/
Msemdoo771/
McNdo731/
Mjenda671,347/
Msinda67653/
Mgindo67640/
Mzenda67591/
Mjindo6771/
Mgenda6727/
Mzindo6710/
McIndo679/
Msimdo671/
McIndoo62283/
Mzendah6232/
Mshinda6217/
Mchindo622/
Msindah621/
McIndos621/
Mjendaa621/
Mgemnda621/
Mchemnda571/
McIndosh570/
Mcnda555/
Mzinda50669/
Mjinda507/
Mxinda503/
Mchnda501/
Mcinda501/

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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 Msendo
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