Mgunya Surname
Approximately 1,313 people bear this surname
Mgunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,104 | 1:47,954 | 5,374 |
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Mgunya (19) may also be a first name.
Mgunya Demographics
Mgunya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mgunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgunya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgunya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 291,409th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,550,302 people. Mgunya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgunya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mgunya is also the 2,523,061st most common first name in the world, held by 19 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,104 people, or 1 in 47,954. In Tanzania Mgunya is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 61 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 11 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Mgunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mgunya surname is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Mgunya
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