Magala Surname
Approximately 13,487 people bear this surname
Magala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 9,774 | 1:3,994 | 716 |
| Tanzania | 869 | 1:60,922 | 6,535 |
| DR Congo | 773 | 1:95,575 | 10,806 |
| South Africa | 654 | 1:82,841 | 10,220 |
| Nigeria | 371 | 1:477,474 | 24,038 |
| Philippines | 137 | 1:738,965 | 73,424 |
| Russia | 137 | 1:1,051,993 | 79,925 |
| Cameroon | 128 | 1:162,258 | 17,563 |
| Poland | 94 | 1:404,348 | 43,186 |
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Slovakia | 58 | 1:92,008 | 17,690 |
| Romania | 53 | 1:378,828 | 31,692 |
| Moldova | 46 | 1:77,421 | 10,022 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Zambia | 25 | 1:633,997 | 25,256 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Măgală (1) are calculated separately.
Magala (3,598) may also be a first name.
Magala Demographics
Magala Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Magala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magala (Georgian: მაგალა, Hindi: मगला, Marathi: मंगला, Oriya: ମାଗଲା, Russian: Магала) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Măgală. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,973rd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 540,339 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Magala are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,948th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 3,598 people.
Magala is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 9,774 people, or 1 in 3,994. In Uganda Magala is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent are found, Kampala District, where 12 percent are found and Mukono District, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Magala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Magala surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (53%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Magala last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Magala earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 49.75% less than the national average, earning R 119,424 per year and in United States they earn 14.43% less than the national average, earning $36,924 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magala in the Georgian language | ||
| მაგალა | magala | - |
| Magala in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଗଲା | magala | - |
| Magala in the Hindi language | ||
| मगला | magala | 81.31 |
| मगाला | magala | 17.42 |
| मंगाला | mangala | 0.38 |
| मागला | magala | 0.25 |
| मग्ाला | magala | 0.25 |
| मागाला | magala | 0.13 |
| मगल | magala | 0.13 |
| मंगला | mangala | 0.13 |
| Magala in the Marathi language | ||
| मंगला | mangala | 68.48 |
| मगळा | magala | 8.15 |
| मागला | magala | 5.98 |
| मगला | magala | 3.8 |
| मंगल | mangala | 2.17 |
| ंागला | magala | 1.63 |
| मगंला | maganla | 1.63 |
| मं्गला | mamgala | 1.63 |
| मगल | magala | 1.63 |
| मंगळा | mangala | 0.54 |
| मागाला | magala | 0.54 |
| मगन | magana | 0.54 |
| मग़ल | magala | 0.54 |
| मं़गळा | mamgala | 0.54 |
| मेगला | megala | 0.54 |
| Magala in the Russian language | ||
| Магала | magala | - |
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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 Magala
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