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
The last name Mgema is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,841st most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,193,310 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgema reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mgema is also the 200,279th most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,506 people.
Mgema is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,668 people, or 1 in 9,340. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 41 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 17 percent live and Geita Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common 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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