Musalama Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Musalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musalama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
India171:45,121,493474,784
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Musalama (100) may also be a first name.

Musalama Last Name Facts

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

Musalama (Georgian: მუსალამა, Hindi: मुसलामा, Oriya: ମୁସଲାମା) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musalama? popularity and diffusion

Musalama is the 2,661,929th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Musalama are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Musalama is also the 946,056th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 100 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 72 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 24 percent reside and Matabeleland North Province, where 3 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Musalama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musalama in the Georgian language
მუსალამაmusalama-
Musalama in the Hindi language
मुसलामाmusalama66.67
मुसलमाmusalama33.33
Musalama in the Oriya language
ମୁସଲାମାmusalama54.55
ମୁସଲମାmusalama45.45

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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 Musalama
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