Magugu Surname

189,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,236 people bear this surname

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

Magugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6331:33,1774,243
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
Zimbabwe1851:83,45012,162
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
England51:11,143,612252,590
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magugu (851) may also be a first name.

Magugu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magugu occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magugu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 189,000th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,259,189 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Magugu are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 279,423rd most widely held forename on earth, borne by 851 people.

The surname Magugu is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,633 people, or 1 in 33,177. In South Africa Magugu is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Besides South Africa Magugu exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 14 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.

Magugu Last Name Statistics demography

Magugu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.53% less than the national average, earning R 150,828 per year.

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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 Magugu
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