Magereza Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Magereza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 208 | 1:254,527 | 20,548 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Magereza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magereza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Magereza is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magereza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Magereza is the 1,125,333rd most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Magereza live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Magereza is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 254,527. In Tanzania Magereza is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 93 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangereza | 94 | 3 | / |
| Magereja | 88 | 307 | / |
| Machereza | 82 | 9 | / |
| Mangerezi | 82 | 8 | / |
| Magirezha | 82 | 7 | / |
| Maigareza | 82 | 3 | / |
| Makgeretsa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Megeresa | 75 | 2,093 | / |
| Mogereja | 75 | 177 | / |
| Magereje | 75 | 9 | / |
| Magiriza | 75 | 9 | / |
| Maseresa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Masereja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maceriza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Magariza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Migeriza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maseresha | 71 | 12,717 | / |
| Maggerise | 71 | 31 | / |
| Magaretsa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mongeresa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maseresah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mageracia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magereger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makgaresa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makgaretsa | 67 | 223 | / |
| Mangiridza | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maseeresha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mogherejad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maggereger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maggeridge | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Magereza
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