Magira Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Magira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| Uganda | 160 | 1:243,995 | 18,277 |
| Kenya | 129 | 1:357,984 | 20,934 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Magira (816) may also be a first name.
Magira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Magira (Arabic: ماخيرا, Georgian: მაგირა, Hindi: मगीरा, Marathi: मागीरा, Oriya: ମାଗିରା, Russian: Магира) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 559,940th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The surname Magira is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Magira live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 286,135th most common given name worldwide, borne by 816 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania Magira is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 64 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 28 percent live and Kenya, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magira in the Georgian language | ||
| მაგირა | magira | - |
| Magira in the Hindi language | ||
| मगीरा | magira | - |
| Magira in the Marathi language | ||
| मागीरा | magira | - |
| Magira in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଗିରା | magira | 66.67 |
| ମଗିରା | magira | 16.67 |
| ମଗିର | magira | 16.67 |
| Magira in the Russian language | ||
| Магира | magira | - |
| Magira in the Arabic language | ||
| ماخيرا | makhyra | - |
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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 Magira
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