Magwi Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Magwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 112 | 1:412,321 | 22,772 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Magwi (18) may also be a first name.
Magwi Demographics
Magwi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Magwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magwi is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,133,308th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Magwi reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Magwi is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name globally, held by 18 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 412,321. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Migori County, where 91 percent live, Embu County, where 4 percent live and Nakuru County, where 4 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Magwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Magwi last name is predominantly 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 Magwi
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