Mshomba Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mshomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mshomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6871:77,0627,971
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Mshomba Last Name Facts

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

Mshomba has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mshomba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 481,560th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. The surname Mshomba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mshomba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 687 people, or 1 in 77,062. In Tanzania Mshomba is most common in: Arusha Region, where 65 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 22 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 12 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msomba928,232/
Mshamba861,552/
Mshumba86164/
Mshombo8656/
Mshombe869/
Mxhomba862/
Mjhomba862/
Mshemba862/
M'Shombo801/
Mshumbaa801/
Mchombah801/
Msumba778,563/
Msamba775,861/
Mjomba773,716/
Mzomba771,042/
Msombe77747/
Msemba77162/
Msombo7730/
Msomwa772/
Msombi772/
McOmba770/
Mshambaha751/
Msambaa71677/
Mshambi7142/
Msambai7115/
M'Somwa717/
Mxhamba716/
Mshambo716/
Mshumbi713/
Msgombe711/
Mjombah711/
Msombyo711/
Mshambe711/
Msombou711/
Msaamba711/
Msambaja674/
Mchambai671/

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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 Mshomba
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