Msowa Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Msowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 191 | 1:277,181 | 21,789 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Msowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Msowa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Msowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 752,779th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. Msowa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msowa live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 277,181. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 55 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 39 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Msowa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 48 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msow | 89 | 3 | / |
| Msowaah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Msawa | 80 | 650 | / |
| Mzowa | 80 | 108 | / |
| Msoba | 80 | 75 | / |
| Mxowa | 80 | 3 | / |
| M'Sow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Msova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mshawa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Mssawa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mchowa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mshoba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hmshow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mxhowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Msaswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mseuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| McHowat | 67 | 27 | / |
| Msav | 67 | 23 | / |
| Msab | 67 | 20 | / |
| Msaw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mshobha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Msaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Msof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchaswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msov | 67 | 1 | / |
| McOw | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Msowa
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