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 last name Mganya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mganya is the 2,394,033rd most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mganya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mganya is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 867,895. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 52 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 15 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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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