Magewe Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Magewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Magewe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magewe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magewe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Magewe occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Magewe live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Magewe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Magewe is most numerous in: Niger, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Mageswer861/
Magawe83499/
Magowe83467/
Masewe83185/
Magewa83106/
Magebe8353/
Magiwe8338/
Mazewe8312/
Majewe839/
Maghew837/
Magiew833/
Matgew831/
Megewe831/
Maguiwe77293/
Makgowe77140/
Mazehwe7743/
Magebhe7737/
Madjewe7737/
Maggiwe7723/
Makgawe7710/
Masehwe779/
Mangewi773/
Mazhewe772/
Magewai771/
Meagowe771/
Maigowe771/
Mongewe771/
Makgeve771/
Magiewa771/
Macejwe771/
Magevet771/
Mangeue771/
Maigawe771/
Migew737/
Mazew731/
Magiw731/
Maigaiwe712/
Magishwe711/
Macgywer711/
Mokgejwe711/
Maidjewe711/
Maiguiwe711/
Magewich711/
MacGawey710/
Megawe671,156/
Mogowe671,038/
Magave671,005/
Maseve67271/
Maceve67172/
Mazebe67163/
Magiwa6778/
Magaiw6776/
Magawi6772/
Mazeve6724/
MacGeever6719/
Maiguiswe6718/
Maziwe6713/
Majiwe6711/
Magibe679/
Masiwe676/
Mogawe675/
Masewi675/
Magove675/
Magiwi675/
Magebi674/
Magowi673/
Magive672/
Mogebe672/
Megeve672/
Mazewa672/
Mazewi672/
Matjew672/
Maidjewee671/
Maggiw671/
Mageui671/
Magevi671/
Majeve671/
Magawy671/
Mojewe671/
Majeaw671/
Mahgaywer671/
Maggaywee671/
Magayweer671/

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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 Magewe
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