Mshungu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Mshungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
Mshungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mshungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mshungu is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mshungu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mshungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mshungu is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mshungu are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,529,441. In Tanzania Mshungu is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 60 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 27 percent are found and Mara Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 44 percent are found.
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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 Mshungu
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