Musimbira Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Musimbira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musimbira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2281:67,71210,147
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Musimbira (50) may also be a first name.

Musimbira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Musimbira is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musimbira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Musimbira is the 1,067,497th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musimbira are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Musimbira is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 50 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 67,712. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

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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 Musimbira
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