Mgema Surname
Approximately 6,107 people bear this surname
Mgema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,668 | 1:9,340 | 1,219 |
| South Africa | 292 | 1:185,540 | 20,240 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgema (1,506) may also be a first name.
Mgema Demographics
Average Mgema Salary in
South Africa
R 102,288
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgema has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgema? popularity and diffusion
Mgema is the 79,841st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,193,310 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgema reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 200,279th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 1,506 people.
The surname Mgema is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,668 people, or 1 in 9,340. In Tanzania Mgema is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 41 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 17 percent live and Geita Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Mgema Last Name Statistics demography
Mgema earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.96% less than the national average, earning R 102,288 per year.
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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 Mgema
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