Mughanja Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mughanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mughanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1041:509,05433,766
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mughanja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mughanja Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mughanja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mughanja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,795,579th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Mughanja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mughanja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 509,054. In Tanzania Mughanja is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 89 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 9 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Munghanja946/
Muganja93255/
Mugandja88157/
Munganja8858/
Mughania8840/
Muganjia882/
Mughansa881/
Mughonja881/
Moughania828/
Munghanya826/
Mung'anja821/
Muganza8021,692/
Muganya80222/
Muganji80102/
Mugonja8014/
Mugansa804/
Muganje803/
Mugania802/
Mungania751,265/
Munganza75582/
Munganya75381/
Munganjo75112/
Munganji75107/
Munganje7516/
Mauganya754/
Mauganji751/
Mugaanya751/
Mugaanza751/
Mungonja751/
Maunganya71166/
Moughanie7124/
Mugatinza7113/
Moungania715/
Muganho67188/
Muganhi6761/
Mugonji6736/
Muganye6720/
Mugange6718/
Moganya6711/
Muganzo6711/
Mugonha6710/
M'Mungania679/
Moganji672/
Migonja671/
Muganso671/
Mugonje671/
Muganha671/
Migania671/
Muganie670/

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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 Mughanja
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