Magigwana Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magigwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magigwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2961:52,1567,938
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Magigwana (36) may also be a first name.

Magigwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Magigwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Magigwana occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Magigwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Magigwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 862,604th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magigwana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name Magigwana is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 296 people, or 1 in 52,156. In Zimbabwe Magigwana is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 38 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 26 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Mozambique, where 0 percent live.

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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 Magigwana
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