Msia Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Msia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Tanzania201:2,647,08148,780
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Msia (31) may also be a first name.

Msia Last Name Facts

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

Msia (Arabic: مسياء) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Msia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Msia is the 1,409,418th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Msia live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Msia is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.

The surname Msia is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 515,978. In South Africa Msia is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and Northern Cape, where 15 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 13 percent live and Malaysia, where 11 percent live.

Msia Last Name Statistics demography

Msia earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.31% less than the national average, earning R 96,696 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msiah89294/
Msiha8916/
M'Sia896/
Msiad892/
Msioa891/
Msiae891/
Msias891/
Hmsia891/
Msa866,768/
Mshiha80127/
M'Siah802/
Mseiya802/
Mssias802/
Mssiad801/
Msau751,572/
Mzia751,194/
Msai75541/
Mssa75173/
Msas75122/
Msad75102/
Msaa7591/
Msah7568/
Msha7558/
Msca7528/
Msei7515/
Msoa7510/
Msat7510/
M'Sa759/
Msya759/
Msea758/
Måsa758/
Hmsa755/
Msoi754/
Mjia753/
Msio753/
Msap752/
Msaj752/
Msza751/
Msay751/
Ms'a751/
Mshiach732/
Mssiahe731/
Msaad674,151/
Mshai671,372/
Msaid67665/
Msyah67621/
Msjah67171/
Msaih67142/
Mziah67105/
Mseid6786/
Mshah6745/
Msaud6725/
Mdzia6717/
Mseis6714/
M'Sai6712/
Mshad6710/
Mseih678/
Mssad676/
Mshau676/
Msaat675/
Mshoi675/
Mmsha674/
Msgea673/
Mshaa673/
Mssai672/
Msieo672/
Msahe672/
Hmsah672/
Mshya672/
Msays672/
Mshei672/
Msaha672/
Mssea671/
M'Ssa671/
Mhsai671/
Mshea671/
Msaht671/
Mjiah671/
Mssah671/
M'Sas671/
Mseha671/
Mjiaj671/
Msyad671/
Mrzia671/
Mësaj671/
Msaaa671/
Msahd671/
Msuoa671/

Msia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Msia in the Arabic language
مسياءmsya-

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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 Msia
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