Muganya Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Muganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 163 | 1:97,239 | 7,852 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Muganya (18) may also be a first name.
Muganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muganya (Hindi: मुगनया) is found most in Zambia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muganya is the 1,101,507th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Muganya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muganya live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muganya is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 97,239. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 64 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent are found and Central Province, where 3 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munganya | 93 | 381 | / |
| Mauganya | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mugaanya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maunganya | 88 | 166 | / |
| Munghanya | 88 | 6 | / |
| Mugonya | 86 | 1,004 | / |
| Muganja | 86 | 255 | / |
| Moganya | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mugania | 86 | 2 | / |
| Muganha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mungania | 80 | 1,265 | / |
| Mokganya | 80 | 640 | / |
| Mughanja | 80 | 105 | / |
| Mungonya | 80 | 81 | / |
| Munganja | 80 | 58 | / |
| Mughania | 80 | 40 | / |
| Mugoonya | 80 | 13 | / |
| Munganyo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Muganjia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mung'onya | 75 | 189 | / |
| Munghonya | 75 | 20 | / |
| Moughania | 75 | 8 | / |
| Munghanja | 75 | 6 | / |
| Moungania | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mungonnya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mung'anja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muganho | 71 | 188 | / |
| M'Mungania | 71 | 9 | / |
| Moganyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mugonyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mungaaniha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mogonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Munganjo | 67 | 112 | / |
| Mungonyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mokgonya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mokganyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mugonnyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mugonja | 57 | 14 | / |
| Mugonha | 57 | 10 | / |
| Mugonia | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mughonja | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mungonja | 53 | 1 | / |
Muganya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muganya in the Hindi language | ||
| मुगनया | muganaya | 50 |
| मुगंया | muganya | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Muganya
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