Digalu Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Digalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Digalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4061:130,39812,205
India191:40,371,862445,856

Digalu (27) may also be a first name.

Digalu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Digalu (Hindi: डिगालू, Oriya: ଦିଗାଲୁ) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Digalu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 694,796th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The surname Digalu is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Digalu are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used given name on earth, held by 27 people.

Digalu is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 406 people, or 1 in 130,398. In Tanzania Digalu is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 41 percent live, Pwani Region, where 35 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Digalou92202/
Digalus924/
Digalius864/
Digolu836/
Dugalu834/
Degalu833/
Digelu831/
Degalou772/
Degalau771/
Dugaluj771/
Dugailu771/
Dikgeleu7128/
Digogliu712/
Diegoulou671/
Daigoulou671/
Degelau6289/
Dhugolu623/
Degolou621/
Degelui621/
Degelou621/
Degeleu621/
Degoulou571/

Digalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Digalu in the Hindi language
डिगालूdigalu50
डिगलूdigalu50
Digalu in the Oriya language
ଦିଗାଲୁdigalu40
ଡିଗଲୁdigalu40
ଦିଗାଳୁdigalu20

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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 Digalu
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