Maguja Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Maguja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maguja (15) may also be a first name.
Maguja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maguja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maguja is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maguja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maguja is the 585,091st most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname Maguja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Maguja live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maguja is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 15 people.
The surname Maguja is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Maguja
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