Mageya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Mageya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Mageya (255) may also be a first name.
Mageya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mageya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mageya (Marathi: मागेया, Oriya: ମାେଗୟା) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mageya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mageya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mageya is the 2,436,415th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Mageya is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mageya are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mageya is also the 557,860th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 255 people.
Mageya is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 887,256. In Uganda Mageya is most prevalent in: Kasese District, where 95 percent reside, Kampala District, where 2 percent reside and Mukono District, where 2 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mageya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mageya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାେଗୟା | maegaya | - |
| Mageya in the Marathi language | ||
| मागेया | mageya | 66.67 |
| मगेया | mageya | 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 Mageya
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