Msombwa Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Msombwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Msombwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msombwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Msombwa occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msombwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Msombwa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 348,300. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 48 percent reside, Mara Region, where 46 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Msombwa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Msombwa
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