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 carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgisa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mgisa is the 864,701st most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgisa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mgisa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 312 people, or 1 in 169,685. In Tanzania Mgisa is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 64 percent reside, Singida Region, where 30 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 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
- 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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