Magaya Surname
Approximately 13,138 people bear this surname
Magaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8,814 | 1:1,752 | 97 |
| Gabon | 1,061 | 1:1,781 | 294 |
| Tanzania | 699 | 1:75,739 | 7,866 |
| South Africa | 590 | 1:91,827 | 11,236 |
| Uganda | 532 | 1:73,382 | 8,062 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zambia | 295 | 1:53,729 | 5,006 |
| Swaziland | 202 | 1:6,427 | 396 |
| Philippines | 147 | 1:688,695 | 70,564 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Magaya (586) may also be a first name.
Magaya Demographics
Average Magaya Salary in
United States
$19,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Magaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magaya (Bengali: মগয়া, Hindi: मगया, Marathi: मगया, Oriya: ମଗୟା, Russian: Магая) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,948th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 554,692 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Magaya reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,673rd most frequent first name internationally It is held by 586 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 8,814 people, or 1 in 1,752. In Zimbabwe Magaya is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Magaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Magaya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.12% more than the national average, earning R 435,168 per year and in United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magaya in the Bengali language | ||
| মগয়া | magaya | - |
| Magaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଗୟା | magaya | - |
| Magaya in the Marathi language | ||
| मगया | magaya | - |
| Magaya in the Hindi language | ||
| मगया | magaya | 50 |
| मागया | magaya | 50 |
| Magaya in the Russian language | ||
| Магая | magaa | - |
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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 Magaya
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