Musalimwa Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Musalimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Musalimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musalimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Musalimwa occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musalimwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,604,449th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Musalimwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent are found, Muranga County, where 1 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Musalimwa
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