Mganya Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Mganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 61 | 1:867,895 | 43,770 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mganya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mganya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mganya are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mganya is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 867,895. In Tanzania Mganya is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 52 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 15 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Tanzania Mganya exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mganya
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