Mshighwa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mshighwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mshighwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshighwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mshighwa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshighwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Mshighwa live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 40 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Tanga Region, where 10 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 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
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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 Mshighwa
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