Muswaya Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Muswaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muswaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muswaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muswaya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muswaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muswaya is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Muswaya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muswaya are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Muswaya is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 19 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musway | 92 | 56 | / |
| Musuaya | 86 | 439 | / |
| Muswayi | 86 | 165 | / |
| Muswayo | 86 | 34 | / |
| Muswiya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Moswaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Musvaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mausway | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mushwayi | 80 | 109 | / |
| Mushwaha | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mutsvaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Misway | 77 | 55 | / |
| Muswai | 77 | 11 | / |
| Musbay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muswey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Musuay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mosway | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mousbayah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moosway | 71 | 223 | / |
| Missway | 71 | 89 | / |
| Mushwai | 71 | 47 | / |
| Musuiya | 71 | 42 | / |
| Musvayi | 71 | 28 | / |
| Misweya | 71 | 21 | / |
| Moswayo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Muswait | 71 | 8 | / |
| Musweyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muchway | 71 | 2 | / |
| Musbayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muzwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musbiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Misuaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miswayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musviya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mutsvayi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mousbaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mutsviya | 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 Muswaya
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