Mageyo Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Mageyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 171 | 1:228,300 | 17,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Mageyo (11) may also be a first name.
Mageyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mageyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mageyo is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mageyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mageyo is the 1,295,379th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Mageyo is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mageyo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mageyo is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
Mageyo is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 228,300. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 62 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 19 percent reside and Kyankwanzi District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Mageyo
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