Magunya Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Magunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Zimbabwe421:367,57734,250
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Magunya (34) may also be a first name.

Magunya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magunya (Hindi: मगुन्य) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Magunya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,683,218th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. Magunya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Magunya are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 34 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,041,879. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Western Cape, where 17 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.

Magunya Last Name Statistics demography

Magunya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.1% less than the national average, earning R 99,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Magunya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Magunya in the Hindi language
मगुन्यmagun'ya-

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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 Magunya
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