Mgege Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Mgege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 170 | 1:311,421 | 23,787 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
Mgege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgege is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mgege is the 1,290,735th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgege live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 311,421. In Tanzania Mgege is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 56 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 32 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 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 Mgege
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