Miguwa Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Miguwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Miguwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Miguwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Miguwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Miguwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Miguwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Miguwa is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 99 percent reside and Pemba North Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maiguwa | 92 | 151 | / |
| Maigouwa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Muguwa | 83 | 165 | / |
| Migiwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Miguva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maigiwa | 77 | 27 | / |
| Muguhwa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mayguwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Migubai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maigouba | 71 | 53 | / |
| Migowe | 67 | 174 | / |
| Muguva | 67 | 128 | / |
| Muguwo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Megiwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mugiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Migiva | 67 | 0 | / |
| Megubai | 62 | 3 | / |
| Muguvha | 62 | 2 | / |
| Meigowe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Migoeva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Maigowe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Megouba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Megouwo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Meghuvat | 57 | 28 | / |
| Miguvich | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maisgouvi | 53 | 3 | / |
| Mugiva | 50 | 39 | / |
| Megowo | 50 | 18 | / |
| Megiwo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Megiva | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Miguwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis