Musumbu Surname

99,267th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Musumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4,5421:16,2662,027
Zimbabwe1941:79,57911,668
England171:3,277,533109,658
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Musumbu (279) may also be a first name.

Musumbu Last Name Facts

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

Musumbu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Musumbu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musumbu? popularity and diffusion

Musumbu is the 99,267th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,527,787 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musumbu live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Musumbu is also the 531,524th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 279 people.

The surname Musumbu is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4,542 people, or 1 in 16,266. Without taking into account The DR Congo Musumbu is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutsumbu931/
Musummbu931/
Musumbau931/
Mushumbu931/
Mutshumbu8827/
Mushumbus884/
Muzumbu86219/
Musombu86202/
Mujumbu8650/
Misumbu864/
Mosumbu861/
Mushimbu8068/
Muzhumbu8023/
Muchumbu808/
Mujumbuy801/
Muuzombu801/
Moussoumbou782/
Muzombu7175/
Mizumbu7121/
Moussimbou714/
Missoumbou714/
Mozumbu714/
Moussombou712/
Mosombu711/
Mauzoumbou711/
Mishimbu67233/
Missimbu671/

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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 Musumbu
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