Munsele Surname

261,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Munsele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munsele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,3451:11,7841,367
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Munsele (42) may also be a first name.

Munsele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Munsele is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Munsele.

How Common Is The Last Name Munsele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 261,171st most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,848,667 people. The surname Munsele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Munsele are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 42 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,345 people, or 1 in 11,784. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Central Province, where 73 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 12 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, 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
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  • 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 Munsele
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