Maganisa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Maganisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maganisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Maganisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maganisa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maganisa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maganisa are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 56 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 40 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.

Maganisa Last Name Statistics demography

Maganisa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.37% less than the national average, earning R 79,920 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 Maganisa
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