Maghaya Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Maghaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maghaya (34) may also be a first name.
Maghaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maghaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maghaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻘﻲ, Oriya: ମଘୟା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maghaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,860,621st most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Maghaya live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Maghaya is also the 1,775,424th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 15,341,308. In India it is most numerous in: Odisha, where 42 percent reside, Assam, where 40 percent reside and Meghalaya, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 46 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maghaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maghaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻘﻲ | mqy | 72.73 |
| ﻣﻘﻴﻪ | mqyh | 18.18 |
| ﻣﻜﻰ | mky | 9.09 |
| Maghaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଘୟା | maghaya | 58.33 |
| ମାଘୟା | maghaya | 16.67 |
| ମାଘାୟା | maghaya | 8.33 |
| ମଘାୟା | maghaya | 8.33 |
| ସିତାମଘାୟା | sitamaghaya | 8.33 |
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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 Maghaya
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