Mgula Surname
Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname
Mgula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,808 | 1:29,282 | 3,493 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mgula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgula is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mgula.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgula? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 193,184th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,345,981 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgula are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,808 people, or 1 in 29,282. In Tanzania it is most common in: Songwe Region, where 69 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 26 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and Kenya, 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 Mgula
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