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 is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 281,264th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,311,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshai live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mshai is also the 318,733rd most common first name at a global level It is held by 676 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,150 people, or 1 in 40,156. In Kenya Mshai is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 71 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 26 percent reside and Kwale County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Mshai occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.
Mshai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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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