Mshigwa Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Mshigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 397 | 1:133,354 | 12,432 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mshigwa (16) may also be a first name.
Mshigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mshigwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshigwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mshigwa is the 723,769th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshigwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mshigwa is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 16 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 133,354. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 32 percent live, Tanga Region, where 26 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 21 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Mshigwa
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