Musanja Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Musanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 71 | 1:745,657 | 41,495 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Musanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musanja occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Musanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musanja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Musanja is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musanja reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 745,657. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 99 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Musanja occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Zambia, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Musanja
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