Macala Surname
Approximately 4,540 people bear this surname
Macala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,826 | 1:29,670 | 3,816 |
| Philippines | 1,677 | 1:60,369 | 10,173 |
| Zimbabwe | 209 | 1:73,867 | 10,930 |
| Botswana | 165 | 1:13,254 | 2,545 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| Slovakia | 126 | 1:42,353 | 7,950 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Poland | 62 | 1:613,044 | 55,163 |
| Taiwan | 35 | 1:669,850 | 4,860 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| El Salvador | 14 | 1:453,135 | 2,829 |
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Mačala (16), Maçala (6) & Máčala (172) are calculated separately.
Macala (898) may also be a first name.
Macala Demographics
Average Macala Salary in
United States
$45,554 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Macala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Macala (Arabic: ماشلا) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Mačala, Maçala or Máčala. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 103,540th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,605,186 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Macala live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 271,017th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 898 people.
The last name Macala is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,826 people, or 1 in 29,670. In South Africa Macala is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 41 percent are found, Free State, where 17 percent are found and Gauteng, where 16 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 37 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Macala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Macala last name are 20.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.53% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Macala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.43% less than the national average, earning R 124,932 per year; in Colombia they earn 37.59% less than the national average, earning $14,168,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $45,554 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.19% less than the national average, earning $42,634 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Macala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Macala in the Arabic language | ||
| ماشلا | mashla | - |
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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 Macala
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