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 surname Magarai (Bengali: মাগরাই, Hindi: मगरई, Marathi: भगाराम) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magarai? popularity and diffusion
Magarai is the 2,185,341st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Magarai are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 144 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 230,421. In Zimbabwe Magarai is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name 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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