Musah Surname
Approximately 62,440 people bear this surname
Musah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 57,495 | 1:470 | 56 |
| Nigeria | 3,044 | 1:58,194 | 4,372 |
| Israel | 372 | 1:23,004 | 3,398 |
| Liberia | 250 | 1:17,634 | 1,803 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| Malaysia | 154 | 1:191,521 | 11,379 |
| Cameroon | 120 | 1:173,076 | 18,427 |
| England | 91 | 1:612,286 | 36,401 |
| Kenya | 77 | 1:599,739 | 28,092 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Musah (21,919) may also be a first name.
Musah Demographics
Average Musah Salary in
United States
$40,407 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Musah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Musah (Arabic: موسه, Hindi: मुसाह, Marathi: मुसाह) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,076th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 116,713 people. The last name Musah is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Musah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Musah is also the 35,318th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 21,919 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 57,495 people, or 1 in 470. Without taking into account Ghana this surname is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Israel, where 1 percent reside.
Musah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Musah surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.
The amount Musah earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.55% less than the national average, earning R 169,788 per year; in United States they earn 6.35% less than the national average, earning $40,407 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $47,923 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Musah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Musah in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसाह | musaha | - |
| Musah in the Hindi language | ||
| मुसाह | musaha | 75 |
| मुसह | musaha | 25 |
| Musah in the Arabic language | ||
| موسه | mwsh | - |
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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 Musah
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