Musukuma Surname

64,774th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Musukuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musukuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7,5591:2,097289
Zimbabwe1481:104,31214,575
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Musukuma (30) may also be a first name.

Musukuma Last Name Facts

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

Musukuma is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musukuma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,774th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 944,105 people. The surname Musukuma is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musukuma are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

Musukuma is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 7,559 people, or 1 in 2,097. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Northern Province, where 50 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mushukuma941/
Musukume8825/
Musukumi884/
Musukumo881/
Mushikuma822/
Musokoma757/
Moussokoma671/
Musokomi6324/
Mosokoma6321/
Mushokomi5922/

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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 Musukuma
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