Mgisa Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Mgisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 312 | 1:169,685 | 14,915 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Mgisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgisa is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mgisa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgisa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 864,701st most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgisa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 169,685. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 64 percent live, Singida Region, where 30 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mgisa
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