Musa is used as a family name or surname in Sudan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Musa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Sudan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Musa

How popular is Musa?

Musa is common in Sudan.

Musa is ranked 641 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Musas grew by 76.97774 per cent to 3736 since 2000 and ranked 8773 after elevating 4483 spots. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 44.99 50.4
Black 36.86 19.47
Hispanic or Latino 7.63 9.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.89 0
Others 4.44 14.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0
Musa is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Sudan is ahead in terms of density. Around 811745 people have been found who wears Musa as their family name. Musa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
8,969 Armenia7
7,646 Japan7
854 Yemen6
2,527 Maldives6
14,580 Iran5
812 Monaco5
604 Lesotho5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
1,387 Togo4
671 Mali4
178 Equatorial Guinea3
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
1,272 Cuba3
3,519 Benin3
15,749 Finland3
2,754 Namibia3
6,774 Slovenia3
10,762 Hungary3
1,141 Mongolia3
2,720 South Korea3
1,650 Niger3
5,051 Tajikistan3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
631 Swaziland2
3,871 Paraguay2
2,401 Honduras2
5,859 Mauritius2
473 Anguilla2
31,767 Greece2
7,299 Estonia2
21,929 Algeria2
883 Macau2
4,249 Cambodia1
31,584 Peru1
16,283 Lithuania1
38,063 Mauritania1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
734 Chad1
21,562 Portugal1
9,116 Nicaragua1
3,350 Fiji1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
14,644 Tunisia1
692 Guinea1
5,553 Taiwan1
5,467 Haiti1
10,683 Cyprus1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
24,771 Colombia1
971 Seychelles1
2,232 French Polynesia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
4,171 Rwanda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
2,146 Senegal46
13,429 New Zealand45
2,905 Guyana31
1,808 China25
9,109 Burkina Faso25
3,334 Costa Rica19
53,698 Belarus18
7,162 Thailand15
17,404 Georgia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
5,848 Scotland92
8,532 Denmark69
24,466 Belgium67
3,881 Hong Kong59
5,963 Latvia58
Countries with hundreds of Musa:
562 Croatia991
185 The Gambia933
1,317 Kyrgyzstan755
1,791 Chile675
25,643 Russia628
15,535 France612
4,231 Romania564
7,559 Canada551
12,741 Poland477
9,937 Mexico471
707 Botswana470
2,797 Israel412
9,350 Spain406
924 Kuwait401
1,416 Oman371
243 Djibouti368
680 Qatar340
14,898 Morocco336
2,043 Lebanon314
1,382 Singapore313
11,234 Uzbekistan303
141 Brunei298
1,236 Macedonia282
2,741 Turkmenistan276
10,327 Australia269
2,699 Bulgaria234
4,278 Sweden225
24,759 Ukraine222
3,389 Norway210
4,123 Serbia181
403 Belize168
1,583 Puerto Rico163
2,778 Azerbaijan143
20,168 Netherlands133
307 Iceland127
1,279 Bahrain122
9,988 Switzerland117
2,754 Panama114
12,545 Austria105
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Musa:
336 Saudi Arabia9,658
6,475 India7,882
1,757 Philippines6,380
65 Libya6,242
262 Zambia6,174
330 Malawi6,112
1,660 Egypt5,720
2,403 Turkey4,367
812 Afghanistan3,796
216 Jordan3,761
985 Ghana3,515
10,809 United States3,352
2,483 England3,200
212 Liberia2,984
5,345 Brazil2,608
690 Kazakhstan2,427
1,504 Syria2,352
2,801 South Africa2,320
4,887 Italy2,161
629 Zimbabwe2,121
1,059 Angola1,801
2,026 Cameroon1,784
225 Albania1,773
298 Bosnia1,749
5,381 Germany1,715
3,181 Argentina1,568
660 United Arab Emirates1,514
1,686 Ivory Coast1,461
879 Dominican Republic1,082
Countries with ten thousands of Musa:
59 Tanzania74,146
428 Bangladesh42,283
649 Indonesia23,865
168 Malaysia23,828
32 Sierra Leone21,063
383 Kenya15,301
275 Iraq15,192
102 Somalia13,575
855 Ethiopia12,649
1,101 Pakistan12,572
555 Uganda11,202
Countries with hundred thousands of Musa:
49 Nigeria270,671
26 Sudan158,763
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Musa was 23 years old when he migrated to Oregon during Irish famine on January 26, 1848 with None Mary Musa. He lived in Ireland where he worked as painter and took Tuscan from Liverpool.

From Italy

Laborer A. Musa from Italy aboard the La Gascogne from Havre. She is registered to be 21 years old when she arrived in New York on June 16, 1890. A.Mr. Musa (17) Farmer, Laborer Alfrdo Musa, Servant Angela Musa, Angela Musa, aged 40, 40 years old Angela Musa, Angelo Musa, aged 30, Antonio Musa, aged 18, Assunta Musa, aged 14, and 41 other Musa around 41.86% of whom were farmer while others worked as miner and peasant migrated to US from Havre, Naples and Genoa.

Musa Namesakes

  • Abba Musa Rimi, Politician
  • Abd Allah Musawwir, Visual Artist
  • Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Mathematician
  • Abdulah Musa, Musical Artist
  • Abdullah bin Musa'ad, Businessman
  • Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Politician
  • Abba Musa Rimi, Politician
  • Abdullah bin Musa'ad, Businessman
  • Abba Musa Rimi, Politician
  • Umm Abeeha bint Musa, Musa al-Kadhim's daughter

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