Magewa Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Magewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Magewa (15) may also be a first name.
Magewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magewa is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Magewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,785,358th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Magewa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Magewa are found; 64 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 121,697. In Papua New Guinea Magewa is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 81 percent reside, Western, where 10 percent reside and Northern, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Magewa
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