Magava Surname
Approximately 1,069 people bear this surname
Magava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 708 | 1:74,776 | 7,776 |
| Zimbabwe | 337 | 1:45,811 | 7,044 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Magava (78) may also be a first name.
Magava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magava (Hindi: मगावा, Marathi: मगवा) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Magava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 343,060th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,817,162 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Magava live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Magava is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 78 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 708 people, or 1 in 74,776. In Tanzania Magava is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 80 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 16 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magava in the Marathi language | ||
| मगवा | magava | - |
| Magava in the Hindi language | ||
| मगावा | magava | 66.67 |
| मंगवा | mangava | 33.33 |
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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 Magava
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