Mgisha Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Mgisha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 423 | 1:125,157 | 11,807 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Mgisha (920) may also be a first name.
Mgisha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgisha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgisha is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mgisha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgisha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 684,148th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The last name Mgisha is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgisha reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mgisha is also the 267,151st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 920 people.
Mgisha is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 125,157. In Tanzania Mgisha is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 56 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 34 percent are found and Mara Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mgisha
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