Mswanyama Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Mswanyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mswanyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mswanyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mswanyama occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mswanyama? popularity and diffusion
Mswanyama is the 1,828,462nd most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Mswanyama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mswanyama reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 524,174. In Tanzania Mswanyama is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 82 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 9 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 4 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, 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 Mswanyama
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