Musaje Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Musaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Musajë (24) are calculated separately.
Musaje (8) may also be a first name.
Musaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Musaje is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Musajë. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musaje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Musaje reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Musaje is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 8 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda it is most common in: Kapchorwa District, where 25 percent live, Kween District, where 25 percent live and Mbale District, where 25 percent live. Excluding Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Albania, where 14 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 Musaje
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