Mshang'a Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Mshang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 361 | 1:146,653 | 13,374 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mshang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mshang'a occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshang'a? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 781,947th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshang'a live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 361 people, or 1 in 146,653. In Tanzania Mshang'a is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 94 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mshanga | 93 | 12,167 | / |
| M'Shanga | 88 | 76 | / |
| Mshangai | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mchang'a | 88 | 1 | / |
| Msanga | 86 | 6,866 | / |
| Mshaga | 86 | 76 | / |
| Mshaninga | 82 | 23 | / |
| Mshenga | 80 | 3,821 | / |
| Mshangi | 80 | 837 | / |
| Msaanga | 80 | 59 | / |
| Mshonga | 80 | 40 | / |
| Mshango | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mshange | 80 | 12 | / |
| Msangoa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Msangaâ | 80 | 5 | / |
| Msangga | 80 | 3 | / |
| Msangaa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mhcanga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mhjanga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Msaga | 77 | 847 | / |
| Msaninga | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mshangoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| M'Shahga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Msangi | 71 | 38,241 | / |
| Msango | 71 | 4,961 | / |
| Msonga | 71 | 3,876 | / |
| Mzanga | 71 | 567 | / |
| Msange | 71 | 219 | / |
| Mjanga | 71 | 124 | / |
| Msagaa | 71 | 80 | / |
| Msaaga | 71 | 64 | / |
| Msangy | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mxhaga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Msagai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mxanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msagat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msagga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mshago | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msaghaa | 67 | 2,347 | / |
| Mshongi | 67 | 143 | / |
| Msiangi | 67 | 96 | / |
| Mshongo | 67 | 88 | / |
| Msong'o | 67 | 86 | / |
| Mzangoa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mmsange | 67 | 4 | / |
| Msongea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mshonge | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mtjanga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mshengo | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Sango | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msangou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msongaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msoonga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msongoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msanger | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Chasinga | 67 | 1 | / |
| McHagga | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mshang'a
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