Muswaya Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muswaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muswaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zambia221:720,45126,729
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musway9256/
Musuaya86439/
Muswayi86165/
Muswayo8634/
Muswiya863/
Moswaya861/
Musvaya861/
Mausway860/
Mushwayi80109/
Mushwaha803/
Mutsvaya801/
Misway7755/
Muswai7711/
Musbay774/
Muswey771/
Musuay771/
Mosway770/
Mousbayah751/
Moosway71223/
Missway7189/
Mushwai7147/
Musuiya7142/
Musvayi7128/
Misweya7121/
Moswayo7121/
Muswait718/
Musweyi712/
Muchway712/
Musbayu711/
Muzwayo711/
Musbiya711/
Misuaya711/
Miswayo711/
Musviya711/
Mutsvayi6712/
Mousbaye671/
Mutsviya671/

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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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