Agala Surname
Approximately 8,570 people bear this surname
Agala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,184 | 1:34,171 | 2,806 |
| Kenya | 684 | 1:67,514 | 6,466 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Philippines | 450 | 1:224,974 | 34,640 |
| India | 331 | 1:2,317,418 | 75,822 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Agala (1,085) may also be a first name.
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Agala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agala (Bengali: আগলা, Hindi: अगला, Marathi: अगला, Oriya: ଆଗାଲା) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,899th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 850,355 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Agala live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 242,362nd most widespread first name in the world It is held by 1,085 people.
Agala is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,184 people, or 1 in 34,171. In Nigeria Agala is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 26 percent live, Ebonyi, where 24 percent live and Rivers, where 18 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Togo, where 7 percent live.
Agala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Agala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Agala last name increased 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Agala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Agala last name are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Agala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 157.97% more than the national average, earning $58,566,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.48% more than the national average, earning $44,651 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% less than the national average, earning $46,065 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agala in the Bengali language | ||
| আগলা | agala | - |
| Agala in the Hindi language | ||
| अगला | agala | - |
| Agala in the Marathi language | ||
| अगला | agala | 83.33 |
| आगला | agala | 16.67 |
| Agala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଗାଲା | agala | 47.37 |
| ଆଗଲା | agala | 42.11 |
| ଅଗାଲା | agala | 5.26 |
| ଅଗଲା | agala | 5.26 |
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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 Agala
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