Magalam Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Magalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Magalam (61) may also be a first name.
Magalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magalam (Hindi: मगलम, Marathi: मंगलम) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Magalam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Magalam live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 61 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 16,675,334. In India Magalam is most numerous in: Bihar, where 43 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent reside and Karnataka, where 7 percent reside. Apart from India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Magalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magalam in the Marathi language | ||
| मंगलम | mangalama | - |
| Magalam in the Hindi language | ||
| मगलम | magalama | 75 |
| मगलम़ | magalama | 25 |
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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 Magalam
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