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
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Magala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magala (Georgian: მაგალა, Hindi: मगला, Marathi: मंगला, Oriya: ମାଗଲା, Russian: Магала) is found most in Uganda. It can also be rendered as: Măgală. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,973rd most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 540,339 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Magala live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Magala is also the 117,948th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 3,598 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 9,774 people, or 1 in 3,994. In Uganda Magala is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent reside, Kampala District, where 12 percent reside and Mukono District, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Magala exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Magala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (53%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Magala are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political 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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