Musaila Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Musaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 176 | 1:90,056 | 7,444 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
Musaila (18) may also be a first name.
Musaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Musaila is found most in Zambia. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musaila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musaila live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Musaila is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name Musaila is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 90,056. In Zambia Musaila is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 52 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Zambia Musaila is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live.
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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 Musaila
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