Names distinctive to Mozambique

The list of names unique to the Republic of Mozambique*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Cossa 64% 1.
2. Sitoe 77% 4.
3. Manjate 91% 6.
4. Nhantumbo 93% 9.
5. Langa 21% 2.
6. Machava 75% 7.
7. Mondlane 66% 8.
8. Lei 30% 3.
9. Matsinhe 89% 10.
10. Tembe 31% 5.
11. Macuacua 79% 11.
12. Munguambe 92% 15.
13. Macamo 80% 13.
14. Muchanga 83% 14.
15. Manhique 86% 17.
16. Banze 84% 18.
17. Guambe 87% 19.
18. Muianga 91% 21.
19. Simbine 90% 24.
20. Magaia 90% 25.
21. Cumbe 65% 22.
22. Cumbane 86% 27.
23. Vilanculos 84% 28.
24. Zandamela 79% 26.
25. Massingue 82% 29.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Angola 20%
Luxembourg 15%
Cabo Verde 14%
Zambia 13%
Belize 12%
Namibia 12%
Botswana 12%
El Salvador 11%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).