Msukuma Surname
Approximately 2,183 people bear this surname
Msukuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,202 | 1:14,242 | 2,234 |
| Tanzania | 973 | 1:54,411 | 5,962 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Msukuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msukuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Msukuma is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Msukuma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msukuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 192,807th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,338,317 people. The surname Msukuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msukuma reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Msukuma is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,202 people, or 1 in 14,242. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 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 Msukuma
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