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
Mswanya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mswanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mswanya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 945,594th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The last name Mswanya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mswanya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held 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. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common 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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