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
Mgassa (Russian: Мгасса) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mgassa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 485,250th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. Mgassa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mgassa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 78,432. In Tanzania Mgassa is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 56 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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