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 surname Musira (Arabic: موصيري, Hindi: मुसीरा, Marathi: मुसीरा) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Musira is the 250,640th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,606,540 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 world-wide, held by 853 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 930 people, or 1 in 56,926. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 42 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Musira exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 13 percent live.
Musira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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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