Msumi Surname

83,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msumi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msumi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,7801:9,1591,196
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Msumi (166) may also be a first name.

Msumi Last Name Facts

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

Msumi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msumi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 83,458th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,256,257 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msumi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 710,504th most common forename globally It is held by 166 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,780 people, or 1 in 9,159. In Tanzania Msumi is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 31 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Msumi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshumi91610/
Msumai91331/
Mssumi9176/
Msumyi912/
Msomi8044,723/
Msume801,488/
Msuma80300/
Mjumi80152/
Msumy804/
Mcumi804/
Mzumi802/
Mshomi731,267/
Mzoumi73136/
Mshuma738/
Msomie734/
Mshume734/
Mdcumi734/
Mshimi731/
Msomai731/
Msoma606,703/
Mzuma60883/
Msome60441/
Mzume60144/
Mcimi609/
Mjume603/
Mxume602/
Mzomi601/
Mcume601/
Msomea5576/
Mssoma554/
Mshoma553/
Mshime551/
M'Zuma551/
Mshomy551/
Mdjoume501/

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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 Msumi
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