Musa Surname
Approximately 3,943,852 people bear this surname
Musa Surname Definition:
Musa is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: mercy.
Read More About This SurnameMusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,039,701 | 1:58 | 2 |
| Sudan | 285,882 | 1:131 | 14 |
| Tanzania | 120,434 | 1:440 | 52 |
| Pakistan | 90,463 | 1:1,975 | 274 |
| Kenya | 42,868 | 1:1,077 | 173 |
| Afghanistan | 39,574 | 1:812 | 107 |
| Sierra Leone | 36,781 | 1:193 | 32 |
| Bangladesh | 29,469 | 1:5,408 | 500 |
| Indonesia | 27,571 | 1:4,797 | 599 |
| Ethiopia | 27,527 | 1:3,544 | 589 |
| Philippines | 24,263 | 1:4,173 | 328 |
| Eritrea | 22,145 | 1:215 | 82 |
| DR Congo | 18,272 | 1:4,043 | 451 |
| Libya | 15,753 | 1:396 | 68 |
| South Sudan | 15,324 | 1:745 | 154 |
| Somalia | 13,087 | 1:1,028 | 110 |
| Malaysia | 10,718 | 1:2,752 | 411 |
| India | 6,585 | 1:116,487 | 7,578 |
| Cameroon | 6,017 | 1:3,452 | 414 |
| Zambia | 5,971 | 1:2,654 | 340 |
| Iran | 4,531 | 1:16,946 | 2,196 |
| Egypt | 4,149 | 1:22,159 | 2,558 |
| Liberia | 4,139 | 1:1,065 | 143 |
| Israel | 3,705 | 1:2,310 | 272 |
| United States | 3,500 | 1:103,560 | 11,413 |
| Ghana | 3,186 | 1:8,481 | 1,157 |
| Uganda | 3,174 | 1:12,300 | 2,031 |
| Kosovo | 2,641 | 1:705 | 103 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,616 | 1:5,901 | 620 |
| England | 2,337 | 1:23,842 | 3,307 |
| Italy | 2,233 | 1:27,388 | 4,902 |
| Bulgaria | 2,004 | 1:3,482 | 499 |
| Malawi | 1,934 | 1:8,852 | 1,354 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,689 | 1:10,469 | 1,634 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,467 | 1:2,411 | 425 |
| Gambia | 1,323 | 1:1,454 | 186 |
| South Africa | 1,313 | 1:41,263 | 5,292 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,073 | 1:28,757 | 4,075 |
| Argentina | 1,008 | 1:42,404 | 3,572 |
| Romania | 889 | 1:22,585 | 2,899 |
| United Arab Emirates | 882 | 1:10,388 | 1,300 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 791 | 1:7,551 | 1,374 |
| Brazil | 773 | 1:276,940 | 10,665 |
| Dominican Republic | 747 | 1:13,966 | 1,043 |
| Cambodia | 617 | 1:25,101 | 1,417 |
| Albania | 609 | 1:4,785 | 905 |
| Canada | 581 | 1:63,418 | 7,414 |
| Thailand | 508 | 1:139,052 | 21,646 |
| Russia | 493 | 1:292,339 | 30,112 |
| Brunei | 472 | 1:887 | 173 |
| France | 437 | 1:151,997 | 23,578 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Turkey | 415 | 1:187,521 | 14,019 |
| Germany | 414 | 1:194,458 | 22,473 |
| Spain | 396 | 1:118,061 | 9,249 |
| Sweden | 382 | 1:25,777 | 2,102 |
| Papua New Guinea | 370 | 1:22,037 | 2,376 |
| Croatia | 361 | 1:11,714 | 2,195 |
| Botswana | 320 | 1:6,834 | 1,161 |
| Cuba | 312 | 1:36,932 | 1,719 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Japan | 256 | 1:499,392 | 14,433 |
| Chile | 241 | 1:73,097 | 2,978 |
| Iraq | 210 | 1:166,770 | 4,170 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| Lesotho | 179 | 1:11,355 | 2,550 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Oman | 156 | 1:23,641 | 2,088 |
| North Macedonia | 155 | 1:13,558 | 2,072 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Qatar | 115 | 1:20,504 | 2,237 |
| Greece | 107 | 1:103,549 | 17,425 |
| Latvia | 104 | 1:19,712 | 2,976 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Netherlands | 100 | 1:168,872 | 24,561 |
| Venezuela | 94 | 1:321,320 | 7,225 |
| Slovenia | 91 | 1:27,337 | 5,706 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Azerbaijan | 84 | 1:114,870 | 3,753 |
| Austria | 83 | 1:102,596 | 14,745 |
| Hungary | 82 | 1:119,711 | 11,231 |
| Switzerland | 80 | 1:102,661 | 10,922 |
| Serbia | 78 | 1:91,602 | 7,553 |
| Paraguay | 77 | 1:93,984 | 2,236 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Jordan | 67 | 1:131,977 | 7,995 |
| Denmark | 53 | 1:106,504 | 9,962 |
| Mexico | 53 | 1:2,342,004 | 20,289 |
| Colombia | 51 | 1:936,747 | 8,990 |
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| Belize | 47 | 1:7,563 | 1,131 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Norway | 45 | 1:114,273 | 15,150 |
| Poland | 43 | 1:883,924 | 67,072 |
| Iceland | 40 | 1:9,502 | 929 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Guyana | 29 | 1:26,283 | 2,983 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| Panama | 22 | 1:177,830 | 5,396 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Georgia | 13 | 1:288,119 | 13,907 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Muşa (164) & Muša (15) are calculated separately.
Musa (3,438,292) may also be a first name.
Musa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Musa is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: mercy.
User-submitted Reference
A surname of Arabic origin. It is the Muslim version of "Moses", which means 'son'.
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Musa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musa (Bengali: মুসা, Georgian: მუსა, Hindi: मूसा, Marathi: मुसा, Oriya: ମୁଷା, Russian: Муса) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Muşa or Muša. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Musa is the 144th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,848 people. The surname Musa is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Musa live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 124th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 3,438,292 people.
The surname Musa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,039,701 people, or 1 in 58. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 17 percent live, Borno, where 10 percent live and Katsina, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 166 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
Musa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Musa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 350,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Musa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Musa last name is chiefly Muslim (92%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (68%) in Kenya and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Musa surname are 1.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Musa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 29.25% less than the national average, earning €21,247 per year; in Norway they earn 35.74% less than the national average, earning 222,399 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.52% less than the national average, earning R 184,116 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.93% more than the national average, earning $23,141,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning $44,040 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.56% less than the national average, earning $48,907 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Musa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Musa in the Georgian language | ||
| მუსა | musa | - |
| Musa in the Bengali language | ||
| মুসা | musa | - |
| Musa in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसा | musa | 94.48 |
| मूसा | musa | 5.21 |
| मुस | musa | 0.02 |
| मूशा | musa | 0.01 |
| मुशा | musa | 0.01 |
| मुसाा | musaa | 0.01 |
| मुसां | musam | 0.01 |
| Musa in the Hindi language | ||
| मूसा | musa | 67.94 |
| मुसा | musa | 31.85 |
| मुशा | musa | 0.03 |
| भुसा | bhusa | 0.03 |
| Musa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁଷା | musa | 60.21 |
| ମୂଷା | musa | 29.47 |
| ମୁସା | musa | 4.9 |
| ମୁଶା | musa | 1.87 |
| ମୂସା | musa | 0.47 |
| ମୂଶା | musa | 0.19 |
| ମୂଷି | musi | 0.05 |
| ମୂଷ | musa | 0.05 |
| Musa in the Russian language | ||
| Муса | musa | - |
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