Mageye Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Mageye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Mageye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mageye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mageye occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mageye? popularity and diffusion
Mageye is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Mageye is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mageye reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 796,720. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 33 percent are found, Kampala District, where 22 percent are found and Busia District, where 14 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Mageye
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