Msiya Surname

115,877th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,982 people bear this surname

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

Msiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,0331:17,8632,244
Malawi9411:18,1922,844
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Msiya (36) may also be a first name.

Msiya Last Name Facts

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

Msiya has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 115,877th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,830,122 people. The surname Msiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msiya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 36 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,033 people, or 1 in 17,863. In South Africa Msiya is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Msiya Last Name Statistics demography

Msiya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.39% less than the national average, earning R 167,796 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msiyah91342/
Mshiya914/
Msiyad911/
Mssiyah8310/
Msaiaya831/
Msuya8049,038/
Mziya801,926/
Mseya801,025/
Msaya80252/
Msoya80141/
Msiyo809/
Mjiya808/
Mgiya804/
Mxiya802/
Msuia802/
Msija801/
Msioa801/
Msiua801/
Msiye801/
Msiyeh73273/
Mshiyo73199/
Mshiyi7335/
Mdziya7328/
Mseiyd7321/
Mshaya7312/
Mxhiya733/
Msheya733/
Msaiah732/
Msohya731/
Mhziya731/
Mseeya731/
Msiyoh731/
Msayah731/
Mseiad731/
Mchiya731/
Mziyah731/
Msau671,572/
Msai67541/
Msey67532/
Msae67477/
Msaa6791/
Msei6715/
Msoa6710/
Msui679/
Msea678/
Msuy677/
Hmseeya674/
Msoi674/
M'Seiyd673/
Msaj672/
M'Seyah671/
Msay671/
M'Seiad671/
Mseehya671/
Msye671/

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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 Msiya
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