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
Mageye occurs most in Uganda. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mageye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mageye is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mageye live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mageye is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 796,720. In Uganda Mageye is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 33 percent reside, Kampala District, where 22 percent reside and Busia District, where 14 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and England, where 4 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 Mageye
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