Madalla Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Madalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 547 | 1:323,844 | 17,780 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Madalla (1,193) may also be a first name.
Madalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Madalla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻻ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Madalla? popularity and diffusion
Madalla is the 477,400th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The last name Madalla is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Madalla live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 229,461st most commonly held given name globally It is held by 1,193 people.
The last name Madalla is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 323,844. In Nigeria Madalla is most common in: Niger, where 23 percent reside, Bauchi, where 19 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Madalla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Madalla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﻻ | mdla | - |
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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 Madalla
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