Musiya Surname
Approximately 1,944 people bear this surname
Musiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 489 | 1:94,437 | 8,405 |
| Zimbabwe | 438 | 1:35,247 | 5,440 |
| Uganda | 323 | 1:120,865 | 11,476 |
| Zambia | 299 | 1:53,010 | 4,942 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| India | 109 | 1:7,037,297 | 155,647 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
Musiya (2,861) may also be a first name.
Musiya Demographics
Musiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Musiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musiya (Hindi: मुसिया, Marathi: मुिसया, Russian: Мусия) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Musiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Musiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 211,958th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,748,738 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Musiya live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Musiya is also the 136,064th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,861 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 489 people, or 1 in 94,437. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 29 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 17 percent are found.
Musiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Musiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.88% less than the national average, earning R 71,580 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Musiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Musiya in the Hindi language | ||
| मुसिया | musiya | 80.19 |
| मुसीया | musiya | 10.38 |
| मूसिया | musiya | 4.72 |
| मूसीया | musiya | 1.89 |
| मुसीय | musiya | 0.94 |
| मुसईया | musa'iya | 0.94 |
| मुशिया | musiya | 0.94 |
| Musiya in the Marathi language | ||
| मुिसया | muisaya | 54.55 |
| मुसीया | musiya | 36.36 |
| मूसीया | musiya | 9.09 |
| Musiya in the Russian language | ||
| Мусия | musia | - |
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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 Musiya
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