Musamia Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Musamia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Musamia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3011:153,42212,187
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Musamia (81) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Musamia Demographics

Musamia Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 7 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Musamia Last Name Facts

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

Musamia is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Musamia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musamia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 874,560th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Musamia reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 81 people.

The surname Musamia is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 153,422. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 37 percent live, Bungoma County, where 34 percent live and Nairobi County, where 27 percent live. Other than Kenya Musamia occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Musamia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Musamia surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musamiah931/
Musamya8662/
Muzamia861/
Musaamya809/
Muchamia801/
Mosomia714/
Misamya712/
Mosamya711/
Musamyo711/
Misemia711/
Missemia671/
Musemya5726/
Museemya536/
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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 Musamia
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