Mshela Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mshela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mshela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mshela is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mshela.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mshela is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshela are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mshela is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Mshela is most numerous in: Borno, where 50 percent live and Kaduna, where 50 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 percent live.
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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 Mshela
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