Mgassa Surname
Approximately 685 people bear this surname
Mgassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 675 | 1:78,432 | 8,077 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgassa (16) may also be a first name.
Mgassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgassa (Russian: Мгасса) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mgassa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgassa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 485,250th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mgassa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name globally, held by 16 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 78,432. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tabora Region, where 56 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mgassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mgassa in the Russian language | ||
| Мгасса | mgassa | - |
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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 Mgassa
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