Mugayi Surname
Approximately 865 people bear this surname
Mugayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 767 | 1:20,128 | 2,992 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mugayi (21) may also be a first name.
Mugayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mugayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mugayi is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mugayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mugayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mugayi is the 405,063rd most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,424,909 people. The surname Mugayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mugayi live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 767 people, or 1 in 20,128. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 60 percent are found, Harare Province, where 28 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Mugayi exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Mugayi
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