Msunu Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Msunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 183 | 1:289,298 | 22,476 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Msunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Msunu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Msunu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msunu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 289,298. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, 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
- 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 Msunu
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