Muswe Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Muswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 899 | 1:17,173 | 2,508 |
| DR Congo | 643 | 1:114,898 | 12,589 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Muswe (259) may also be a first name.
Muswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muswe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muswe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 251,505th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,627,013 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muswe live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muswe is also the 553,262nd most numerous first name globally, borne by 259 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 899 people, or 1 in 17,173. In Zimbabwe Muswe is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent reside, Harare Province, where 25 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 41 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musweu | 91 | 1,212 | / |
| Muswei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Muswey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Muswee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mushwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mouswe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Musweet | 83 | 520 | / |
| Mushweu | 83 | 88 | / |
| Moutswe | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mouswes | 83 | 4 | / |
| Musweer | 83 | 2 | / |
| Muswa | 80 | 1,005 | / |
| Musue | 80 | 366 | / |
| Muswi | 80 | 63 | / |
| Moswe | 80 | 46 | / |
| Miswe | 80 | 41 | / |
| Musve | 80 | 2 | / |
| Muswy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muswii | 73 | 311 | / |
| Mauswa | 73 | 288 | / |
| Mousbe | 73 | 100 | / |
| Musway | 73 | 56 | / |
| Muchwe | 73 | 56 | / |
| Miswey | 73 | 27 | / |
| Mutswi | 73 | 27 | / |
| Miswea | 73 | 21 | / |
| Musvee | 73 | 20 | / |
| Moshwe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Muswai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Muuswa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mushwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Musuet | 73 | 5 | / |
| Moswey | 73 | 5 | / |
| Musvie | 73 | 4 | / |
| Muswiy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mushve | 73 | 2 | / |
| Musbei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Muiswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Musbea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moswue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moswei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Musswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mushwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mouswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mussue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhiswe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhuswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Musbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Musued | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mushwai | 67 | 47 | / |
| Musvehe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Muswait | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mhutsve | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mousbeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mousvie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muesuea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mousswi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moshwey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mousswa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mutshwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Musveer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moussue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mushuer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mausway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Muswe
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