Musanda Surname

103,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Musanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,4081:30,6813,840
Zambia1,9681:8,054956
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Kenya551:839,63532,298
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Musanda (389) may also be a first name.

Musanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Musanda (Hindi: मुसन्दा, Marathi: मुसंडा) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musanda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 103,443rd most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,603,420 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musanda live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 439,102nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 389 people.

The surname Musanda is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,408 people, or 1 in 30,681. Barring The DR Congo Musanda exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 43 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Musanda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Musanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musanda in the Hindi language
मुसन्दाmusanda-
Musanda in the Marathi language
मुसंडाmusanda-

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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 Musanda
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