Mgena Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Mgena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgena is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgena? popularity and diffusion
Mgena is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Mgena is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mgena live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 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
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- 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 Mgena
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