Mgecha Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Mgecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgecha is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgecha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mgecha live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania Mgecha is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 90 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 4 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mgecha
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