Msiska Surname

9,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Msiska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msiska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi60,1501:28518
Zambia1,6021:9,8941,148
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
Zimbabwe511:302,71130,394
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Namibia331:73,0127,607
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England241:2,321,58686,519
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Iceland41:95,0224,787
China21:683,660,78330,601
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Msiska (27) may also be a first name.

Msiska Last Name Facts

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

The last name Msiska is found most in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msiska? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,131st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 117,410 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msiska live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name worldwide, held by 27 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 60,150 people, or 1 in 285. Apart from Malawi this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Msiska Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Msiska earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.52% more than the national average, earning R 310,176 per year and in United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.

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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 Msiska
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