Maguza Surname
Approximately 1,222 people bear this surname
Maguza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| Tanzania | 235 | 1:225,283 | 18,694 |
| Zimbabwe | 144 | 1:107,210 | 14,835 |
| Poland | 137 | 1:277,436 | 33,871 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Maguża (1) are calculated separately.
Maguza (12) may also be a first name.
Maguza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maguza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maguza (Russian: Магуза) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Maguża. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maguza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 308,737th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,963,622 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Maguza reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Maguza is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
Maguza is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Excluding Malawi this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maguza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maguza in the Russian language | ||
| Магуза | maguza | - |
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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 Maguza
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