Mushimwa Surname
Approximately 806 people bear this surname
Mushimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 764 | 1:20,746 | 2,282 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mushimwa (45) may also be a first name.
Mushimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mushimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mushimwa is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mushimwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 428,270th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 9,041,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mushimwa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 45 people.
Mushimwa is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 764 people, or 1 in 20,746. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Northern Province, where 76 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live. Other than Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musimwa | 93 | 8,227 | / |
| Mushimba | 88 | 2,223 | / |
| Muchimwa | 88 | 545 | / |
| Mushinwa | 88 | 57 | / |
| Mushemwa | 88 | 47 | / |
| Mushimwe | 88 | 37 | / |
| Mishimwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mushimwi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Musimwai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mushimua | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mushimbay | 82 | 253 | / |
| Muishimba | 82 | 62 | / |
| Mushimbai | 82 | 21 | / |
| Musimwahe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Musimwaya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muchimwaa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muchimwah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Musemwa | 80 | 2,276 | / |
| Musimba | 80 | 1,023 | / |
| Misimwa | 80 | 41 | / |
| Musumwa | 80 | 37 | / |
| Musimua | 80 | 21 | / |
| Musimwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Muchemwa | 75 | 13,305 | / |
| Mushimbi | 75 | 1,072 | / |
| Muchimwe | 75 | 418 | / |
| Mishimua | 75 | 171 | / |
| Mushimbo | 75 | 157 | / |
| Mushemba | 75 | 126 | / |
| Mushimbe | 75 | 125 | / |
| Musimbay | 75 | 21 | / |
| Musaimba | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mushenwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Musuimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muchimwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mutsemwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musiemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mushimbei | 71 | 1,326 | / |
| Moussimba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muchemwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muchemmwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mutshinva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musimbi | 67 | 14,516 | / |
| Muzimba | 67 | 2,357 | / |
| Musimbe | 67 | 552 | / |
| Musemba | 67 | 311 | / |
| Musimbo | 67 | 210 | / |
| Mucimba | 67 | 18 | / |
| Musemwe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Musemua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muzimwe | 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 Mushimwa
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