Musira Surname
Approximately 1,582 people bear this surname
Musira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 930 | 1:56,926 | 6,188 |
| Kenya | 224 | 1:206,160 | 14,854 |
| Uganda | 201 | 1:194,225 | 15,750 |
| Zimbabwe | 165 | 1:93,565 | 13,336 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Musira (853) may also be a first name.
Musira Demographics
Musira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Musira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Musira (Arabic: موصيري, Hindi: मुसीरा, Marathi: मुसीरा) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 250,640th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 4,606,540 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Musira are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Musira is also the 279,019th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 853 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 930 people, or 1 in 56,926. In Tanzania Musira is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 42 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 13 percent are found.
Musira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Musira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Musira in the Hindi language | ||
| मुसीरा | musira | 80.85 |
| मुसिरा | musira | 10.64 |
| मूसीरा | musira | 2.13 |
| मुशीर | musira | 2.13 |
| मूसिरा | musira | 2.13 |
| मुसीर | musira | 2.13 |
| Musira in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसीरा | musira | 75 |
| मुिसरा | muisara | 25 |
| Musira in the Arabic language | ||
| موصيري | mwsyry | - |
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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 Musira
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