Mshimba Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mshimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mshimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4611:100,1738,771
Tanzania1451:365,11526,840
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mshimba (170) may also be a first name.

Mshimba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mshimba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mshimba is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mshimba? popularity and diffusion

Mshimba is the 523,160th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. The last name Mshimba is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mshimba are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 701,320th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 170 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 100,173. In Kenya Mshimba is primarily found in: Taita Taveta County, where 74 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 23 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.

Mshimba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mshimba last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshimbas931/
Msimba921,097/
Mshumba86164/
Mshimbe8614/
Mshemba862/
Mssimba861/
Mcheimba804/
Mshimbyi801/
Mshumbaa801/
Mgimba7715,215/
Msumba778,563/
Mzimba778,006/
Msimbe774,693/
Msimbi77778/
Msemba77162/
Mjimba77138/
Msimbo7742/
Msimwa776/
Mximba774/
Mcimba771/
Mchimbo71184/
Mchemba7129/
Mchimwa7111/
Mshemwa719/
Mdzimba717/
Msymbai715/
Mshembe714/
M'Simbe712/
Mzimbha712/
M'Simbi711/
Mjuimba711/
Mshinwa711/
Mzimmba711/
Mginmba711/
M'Simbo711/

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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 Mshimba
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