Magumba Surname

52,710th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Magumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,9281:6,5861,160
Tanzania3,4851:15,1911,969
Kenya1261:366,50721,229
Zimbabwe741:208,62523,867
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
England181:3,095,448105,421
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magumba (1,184) may also be a first name.

Magumba Last Name Facts

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

Magumba occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Magumba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magumba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Magumba is the 52,710th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 751,293 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magumba are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 230,515th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,184 people.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 5,928 people, or 1 in 6,586. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mayuge District, where 45 percent reside, Kampala District, where 6 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 36 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Magumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Magumba
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