Mgera Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
Mgera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mgera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgera occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mgera is the 712,393rd most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mgera live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 140,057. In Tanzania Mgera is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 48 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 28 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Mgera
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis