Msengwa Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3661:144,64913,219
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Msengwa Last Name Facts

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

Msengwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Msengwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Msengwa is the 772,238th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname Msengwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msengwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Msengwa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 144,649. In Tanzania Msengwa is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 83 percent live, Iringa Region, where 9 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msheng'wa881/
Msingwa861,805/
Mjengwa861,323/
Mzengwa8617/
Mgengwa863/
Mxengwa861/
Mchengwa80146/
Mshingwa80100/
M'Zengwa801/
Mgengqwa801/
Mzingwa71405/
Mjingwa7125/
Msingwi715/
Mgengwe712/
Mzengwe711/
Mxingwa711/
Mgenqwa711/
Mgingwa711/
Mdzingwa67212/
Mshincwa671/
Mching'wa6374/
Mdjengwes631/
Mzingwi574/
Mzingwe572/
Mxhnqwa571/
Mcingwe571/
Mginqwa571/
Mhzingwe532/
Mchingwi531/
Mchengue531/

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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 Msengwa
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