Mushenya Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Mushenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 177 | 1:89,548 | 7,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mushenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mushenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mushenya is most common in Zambia. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mushenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,281,391st most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mushenya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mushenya is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 89,548. In Zambia Mushenya is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 56 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside and Central Province, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musenya | 93 | 4,315 | / |
| Museny'a | 88 | 186 | / |
| Mushinya | 88 | 58 | / |
| Moshenya | 88 | 5 | / |
| Mussenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Musenyad | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mutsenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mucheenya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Musinya | 80 | 564 | / |
| Mosenya | 80 | 337 | / |
| Musenja | 80 | 106 | / |
| Muzenya | 80 | 103 | / |
| Musenha | 80 | 77 | / |
| Musenyo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Musenea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mucenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muchenja | 75 | 53 | / |
| Musesnja | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mushinja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Musenjja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mussenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musengia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mutsenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mutchinya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Muzinya | 67 | 331 | / |
| Mosinya | 67 | 42 | / |
| Musinja | 67 | 29 | / |
| Mucinya | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mosenyo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Musinha | 67 | 12 | / |
| Musinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muzenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muzenja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mushenya
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