Msopa Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Msopa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msopa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5231:32,7334,882
Tanzania691:767,27042,064
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msopa (10) may also be a first name.

Msopa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msopa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Msopa.

How Common Is The Last Name Msopa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 540,721st most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msopa live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Besides Malawi Msopa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msopha911/
Msope80341/
Msopo80240/
Msopi80190/
Msapa80102/
Msepa807/
Msophe73780/
Msophi73133/
Msapha734/
Mseppa732/
Msepha732/
Mshopi731/
Msoppi731/
Mshepa731/
Mshapa731/
Mshope731/
Msophie671/
Mshepha671/
Mzoupha671/

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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 Msopa
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