Muswani Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muswani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muswani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Muswani (45) may also be a first name.

Muswani Last Name Facts

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

Muswani occurs most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muswani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muswani is the 4,532,898th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Muswani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Muswani are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 45 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,264,275. In Zambia Muswani is most common in: Southern Province, where 57 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 14 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mushwani93105/
Muswanyi9358/
Muswangi931/
Muswanhi931/
Mushwanyi881/
Muswana86369/
Muswane86136/
Moswani8618/
Mushwana806,261/
Mushwane80229/
Muswanha807/
Musuanii802/
Muswaane801/
Mutsvanhi7514/
Musbahani751/
Mushuanyi751/
Mutshwane751/
Moushwana751/
Moswane712,198/
Moswana71429/
Musuana7113/
Musvana716/
Musvoni712/
Muzwane712/
Moshwane67514/
Moshwana67445/
Moswaane67176/
Moswaana6722/
Mushuane672/
Mushuana672/
Muchwane672/
Mussuane672/
Moshuani671/
Musvonhi671/
Mushvana671/
Mushwona671/
Moshwaane631/
Musshbanaj591/
Mosuane5715/
Mosvana572/
Muchuane5339/
Moshuane532/
Moshuana532/

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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 Muswani
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