Msimbira Surname

555,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msimbira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msimbira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5451:97,1419,633
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msimbira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Msimbira occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Msimbira? popularity and diffusion

The surname Msimbira is the 555,669th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msimbira are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 97,141. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 55 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 16 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Msimbira
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