Mgeta Surname
Approximately 11,550 people bear this surname
Mgeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11,541 | 1:4,587 | 625 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mgeta (1,411) may also be a first name.
Mgeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgeta is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgeta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,945th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 630,956 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgeta live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mgeta is also the 207,956th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,411 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11,541 people, or 1 in 4,587. In Tanzania Mgeta is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 37 percent are found, Mara Region, where 24 percent are found and Geita Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Mgeta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mgeta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mgeta surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Mgeta
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