Muziya Surname
Approximately 1,842 people bear this surname
Muziya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,714 | 1:9,247 | 1,092 |
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Muziya (75) may also be a first name.
Muziya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muziya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muziya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Muziya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muziya? popularity and diffusion
Muziya is the 221,505th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,956,322 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muziya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 75 people.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 1,714 people, or 1 in 9,247. In Zambia Muziya is mostly concentrated in: Northern Province, where 70 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Muziya
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