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 occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgunya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mgunya is the 291,409th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,550,302 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgunya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name globally, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,104 people, or 1 in 47,954. In Tanzania it 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. Beside Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common 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 bearing the surname is primarily 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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