Maginya Surname

385,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maginya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maginya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4781:113,34213,609
Tanzania3131:169,14314,889
Zimbabwe1251:123,50616,570
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Maginya (98) may also be a first name.

Maginya Last Name Facts

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

Maginya (Hindi: मगिंया, Russian: Магиня) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maginya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 385,671st most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,912,645 people. Maginya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maginya are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most common first name worldwide, held by 98 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 113,342. In South Africa Maginya is most common in: Limpopo, where 47 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 23 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.

Maginya Last Name Statistics demography

Maginya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning R 70,668 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maginya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maginya in the Hindi language
मगिंयाmaginya66.67
मागींयाmaginya16.67
मागिंयाmaginya8.33
मगींयाmaginya8.33
Maginya in the Russian language
Магиняmagina-

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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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  • 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 Maginya
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