Mshai Surname
Approximately 1,372 people bear this surname
Mshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,150 | 1:40,156 | 4,229 |
| Tanzania | 214 | 1:247,391 | 19,981 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mshai (676) may also be a first name.
Mshai Demographics
Mshai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mshai occurs most in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 281,264th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,311,622 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshai reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mshai is also the 318,733rd most frequent given name in the world, borne by 676 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,150 people, or 1 in 40,156. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 71 percent live, Mombasa County, where 26 percent live and Kwale County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.
Mshai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
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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 Mshai
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