Magarai Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Magarai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Magarai (144) may also be a first name.
Magarai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magarai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Magarai (Bengali: মাগরাই, Hindi: मगरई, Marathi: भगाराम) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magarai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Magarai reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 144 people.
The surname Magarai is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 230,421. In Zimbabwe Magarai is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magarai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magarai in the Marathi language | ||
| भगाराम | bhagarama | - |
| Magarai in the Bengali language | ||
| মাগরাই | magara'i | 80.65 |
| মাগারাই | magara'i | 16.13 |
| মগারাই | magara'i | 3.23 |
| Magarai in the Hindi language | ||
| मगरई | magara'i | 75 |
| मगराी | magarai | 25 |
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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 Magarai
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