Magarya Surname

763,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Magarya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magarya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3061:173,01215,142
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Magarya (22) may also be a first name.

Magarya Last Name Facts

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

Magarya (Marathi: मागय) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Magarya? popularity and diffusion

Magarya is the 763,307th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The last name Magarya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magarya live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Magarya is also the 2,301,746th most common first name in the world, held by 22 people.

The last name Magarya is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 173,012. In Tanzania Magarya is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent live and Tabora Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mangarya931/
Mhangarya881/
Mang'arya881/
Magaria86270/
Magerya86141/
Magarea8677/
Magaryo8614/
Magorya861/
Mangaria80277/
Magharia8096/
Mangaryo8012/
Maigaria806/
Magaryoo801/
Mangorya801/
Mangarja801/
Maggaria801/
Magauria800/
Mang'aria7510/
Magaragio754/
Maghatria751/
Magario711,081/
Megaria71376/
Megerya71224/
Mogaria716/
Magaräo711/
Mogerya711/
Mageryo711/
Megharia67153/
Magarios6746/
Mangario6722/
Meigerya672/
Meigarea671/
Moggaria671/
Maghario671/

Magarya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Magarya in the Marathi language
मागयmagaya-

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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 Magarya
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