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
Mshai is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mshai is the 281,264th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,311,622 people. The last name Mshai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshai live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 318,733rd most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 676 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,150 people, or 1 in 40,156. In Kenya it is mostly 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 this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.
Mshai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mshai last name is primarily 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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