Mgama Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mgama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 67 | 1:808,622 | 54,680 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Mgama Demographics
Average Mgama Salary in
South Africa
R 113,136
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgama (Arabic: مغامي, Marathi: मगाम) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Mgama is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mgama are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mgama is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 808,622. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent live, Western Cape, where 48 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Mgama Last Name Statistics demography
Mgama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.39% less than the national average, earning R 113,136 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mgama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mgama in the Marathi language | ||
| मगाम | magama | - |
| Mgama in the Arabic language | ||
| مغامي | mghamy | - |
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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 Mgama
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