Musulwe Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Musulwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musulwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4381:36,1873,647
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Musulwe Last Name Facts

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

Musulwe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musulwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 649,026th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name Musulwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musulwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 36,187. In Zambia Musulwe is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 79 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found and Southern Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musulwa86540/
Misulwe8689/
Musolwe861/
Musaulwa801/
Mushulwa801/
Musulves801/
Musolwa71213/
Muzulwa711/
Mosulwa711/
Mosholwe671/
Mosolwa5722/
Mozulue574/
Muzolwa572/

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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 Musulwe
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