Maganya Surname

111,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maganya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maganya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,4791:21,3562,666
DR Congo6701:110,26812,156
South Africa3761:144,09016,481
Kenya3131:147,54011,776
Uganda1901:205,47016,326
Zimbabwe1351:114,35715,590
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Maganya (468) may also be a first name.

Maganya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maganya (Arabic: ماغانيا, Hindi: मागंया, Marathi: मगन्या) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maganya? popularity and diffusion

Maganya is the 111,085th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,742,182 people. The last name Maganya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maganya reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 393,633rd most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 468 people.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,479 people, or 1 in 21,356. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 20 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 16 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Maganya is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.

Maganya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Maganya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Maganya are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Maganya earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 58.25% less than the national average, earning R 99,216 per year and in United States they earn 30.8% less than the national average, earning $29,857 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maganya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maganya in the Marathi language
मगन्याmagan'ya67.57
मागण्याmaganya16.22
मगण्याmaganya10.81
मागंयाmaganya2.7
मागन्याmagan'ya2.7
Maganya in the Hindi language
मागंयाmaganya57.14
मगन्याmagan'ya28.57
मगंयाmaganya14.29
Maganya in the Arabic language
ماغانياmaghanya-

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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
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  • 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 Maganya
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