Digalla Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Digalla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Digalla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2001:103,84512,227
India81:95,883,173728,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Digalla (15) may also be a first name.

Digalla Last Name Facts

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

The last name Digalla has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Digalla.

How Common Is The Last Name Digalla? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,140,742nd most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The last name Digalla occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Digalla are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 103,845. In Cameroon Digalla is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 79 percent live, North Region, where 14 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

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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 Digalla
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