Maingu Surname
Approximately 10,158 people bear this surname
Maingu Surname User-submission:
The Maingu surname comes from the word, which in Rangi language refers to many cavity that you dig in the farm before you plant peanut or groundnut.
Maingu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9,787 | 1:5,409 | 717 |
| Kenya | 303 | 1:152,409 | 12,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maingu (838) may also be a first name.
Maingu Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Maingu surname comes from the word, which in Rangi language refers to many cavity that you dig in the farm before you plant peanut or groundnut.
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Maingu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maingu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maingu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maingu (Hindi: मैंगू, Marathi: माइंगु) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maingu.
How Common Is The Last Name Maingu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maingu is the 50,508th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 717,419 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maingu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maingu is also the 282,036th most common first name world-wide, borne by 838 people.
The last name Maingu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9,787 people, or 1 in 5,409. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 45 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 20 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 7 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Maingu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maingu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maingu in the Hindi language | ||
| मैंगू | maingu | - |
| Maingu in the Marathi language | ||
| माइंगु | ma'ingu | 33.33 |
| मगु | magu | 33.33 |
| मइंगु | ma'ingu | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
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