Magonya Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4551:33,9305,223
Kenya901:513,11025,838
Tanzania611:867,89543,770
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
England111:5,065,278148,650
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magonya (21) may also be a first name.

Magonya Last Name Facts

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

Magonya (Arabic: ماغونيا, Russian: Магоня) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magonya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Magonya is the 477,400th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Magonya reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 33,930. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Bulawayo Province, where 29 percent reside, Matabeleland North Province, where 22 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe Magonya is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.

Magonya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Magonya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.67% less than the national average, earning R 76,824 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Magonya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Magonya in the Russian language
Магоняmagona-
Magonya in the Arabic language
ماغونياmaghwnya-

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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 Magonya
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