Magagane Surname

174,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Magagane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magagane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,4021:22,5552,858
Botswana441:49,7039,263
England111:5,065,278148,650
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magagane (75) may also be a first name.

Magagane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Magagane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Magagane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magagane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Magagane is the 174,407th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,962,417 people. The last name Magagane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magagane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 75 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,402 people, or 1 in 22,555. In South Africa Magagane is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 47 percent reside, Gauteng, where 32 percent reside and North West, where 14 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Magagane Last Name Statistics demography

Magagane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.53% less than the national average, earning R 198,348 per year.

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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 Magagane
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