Musongwe Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Musongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 252 | 1:61,263 | 9,239 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Musongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musongwe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musongwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 847,909th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musongwe are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 61,263. In Zimbabwe Musongwe is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 67 percent reside, Harare Province, where 13 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 12 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushongwe | 94 | 122 | / |
| Musongwa | 88 | 189 | / |
| Muzongwe | 88 | 143 | / |
| Misongwe | 88 | 115 | / |
| Musangwe | 88 | 68 | / |
| Musungwe | 88 | 16 | / |
| Mosongwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mushangwe | 82 | 2,643 | / |
| Muchongwe | 82 | 640 | / |
| Mushongwi | 82 | 176 | / |
| Mushungwe | 82 | 35 | / |
| Mushongwa | 82 | 7 | / |
| Musoongwa | 82 | 3 | / |
| Muzhongwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mushengwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Musgangwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mussongue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mutshungwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Musungwa | 75 | 1,682 | / |
| Musangwa | 75 | 605 | / |
| Musonkwa | 75 | 68 | / |
| Misangwe | 75 | 68 | / |
| Mujangwe | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mosongwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Muzungwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Muzongwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Musongui | 75 | 2 | / |
| Muzangwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musungwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mucongue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musongua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moussoungbe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mouchoungwe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mushaningwe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mushungwa | 71 | 191 | / |
| Moujongue | 71 | 142 | / |
| Muchangwe | 71 | 135 | / |
| Mushangwa | 71 | 67 | / |
| Muchongwi | 71 | 60 | / |
| Muchungwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Muchongue | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mushangwi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mishengwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muisangue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muzhangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moudjongue | 67 | 266 | / |
| Moussongui | 67 | 142 | / |
| Mouzoungbe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Muchaangwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Misangwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moussangue | 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
- 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 Musongwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis