Musesha Surname
Approximately 957 people bear this surname
Musesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 518 | 1:30,598 | 3,141 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Musesha (12) may also be a first name.
Musesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Musesha is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musesha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Musesha is the 374,335th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,614,991 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musesha live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Musesha is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 30,598. In Zambia Musesha is primarily found in: Northern Province, where 38 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 34 percent are found and Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Musesha
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