Mshamba Surname
Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname
Mshamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,063 | 1:49,804 | 5,538 |
| Kenya | 453 | 1:101,942 | 8,894 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mshamba (134) may also be a first name.
Mshamba Demographics
Average Mshamba Salary in
South Africa
R 46,968
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mshamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mshamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 254,471st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,695,584 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshamba are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 134 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,063 people, or 1 in 49,804. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 25 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 21 percent live and Tanga Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Mshamba is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Sudan, where 2 percent live.
Mshamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mshamba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.24% less than the national average, earning R 46,968 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msamba | 92 | 5,861 | / |
| Mshambaha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mshomba | 86 | 692 | / |
| Msambaa | 86 | 677 | / |
| Mshambi | 86 | 42 | / |
| Msambai | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mshambo | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mxhamba | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mshemba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Msaamba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mshambe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Msambaja | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mchambai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Msomba | 77 | 8,232 | / |
| Mjamba | 77 | 930 | / |
| Mzamba | 77 | 279 | / |
| Msambo | 77 | 239 | / |
| Mcamba | 77 | 222 | / |
| Msemba | 77 | 162 | / |
| Mxamba | 77 | 69 | / |
| Msambi | 77 | 42 | / |
| Msambe | 77 | 27 | / |
| Msamva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Msamwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mchambo | 71 | 289 | / |
| Mshombo | 71 | 56 | / |
| Msamber | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mchambe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mshombe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mjzamba | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mzhambi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mxhomba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mjhomba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mxhambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Sambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Zamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mchanba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msiambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msambei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mcheimba | 67 | 4 | / |
| M'Shombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msaamber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchombah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mshamba
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