Mshewa Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Mshewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Mshewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mshewa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mshewa is the 1,943,350th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mshewa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 594,850. In Tanzania Mshewa is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 84 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mshewa occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msewa | 91 | 1,139 | / |
| Msehwa | 83 | 270 | / |
| Msheba | 83 | 162 | / |
| Mshawa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Mshiwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| M'Sewa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mseuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mshewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Msewaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mshaeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| McHewat | 77 | 0 | / |
| Msiwa | 73 | 940 | / |
| Msawa | 73 | 650 | / |
| Mseba | 73 | 326 | / |
| Msewe | 73 | 243 | / |
| Mjewa | 73 | 241 | / |
| Mgewa | 73 | 146 | / |
| Mseva | 73 | 33 | / |
| Msewo | 73 | 9 | / |
| McEwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mzewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mchechwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Msheshwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mshawwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msheshua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mshibe | 67 | 1,311 | / |
| Mgejwa | 67 | 163 | / |
| Mrzewa | 67 | 162 | / |
| Msoeva | 67 | 131 | / |
| Msibha | 67 | 70 | / |
| Mshiba | 67 | 44 | / |
| Mchewe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mshive | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mshebe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mshiva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Msaiwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mshava | 67 | 6 | / |
| Msaeva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mssawa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mshawo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mcejwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Msiwau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Msieba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mshiwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mciswa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msevhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mxihwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msiwwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mxheba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msaywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msuiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mseswe | 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 Mshewa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis