Mswanya Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Mswanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 276 | 1:191,817 | 16,484 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mswanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mswanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mswanya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mswanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mswanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mswanya is the 945,594th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mswanya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mswanya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 191,817. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Katavi Region, where 79 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent reside and Mara Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, 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
- 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 Mswanya
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