Magagura Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Magagura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magagura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3321:159,46314,279
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Magagura Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magagura is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Magagura? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 788,513th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname Magagura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magagura live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 159,463. In Tanzania Magagura is primarily found in: Ruvuma Region, where 97 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Magagura
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