Mgamba Surname
Approximately 1,648 people bear this surname
Mgamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,145 | 1:46,237 | 5,225 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mgamba (61) may also be a first name.
Mgamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgamba (Russian: Мгамба) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mgamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgamba? popularity and diffusion
Mgamba is the 242,266th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,422,055 people. Mgamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgamba reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 61 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,145 people, or 1 in 46,237. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 19 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mgamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mgamba in the Russian language | ||
| Мгамба | mgamba | - |
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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 Mgamba
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