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 more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mageya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mageya live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mageya is also the 557,860th most frequent forename globally It is held by 255 people.
Mageya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 887,256. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kasese District, where 95 percent live, Kampala District, where 2 percent live and Mukono District, where 2 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
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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