Mahalala Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mahalala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mahalala (8) may also be a first name.
Mahalala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahalala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahalala (Marathi: महाळला, Oriya: ମହଲାଲା) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahalala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mahalala is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Mahalala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahalala are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 8 people.
The last name Mahalala is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 57 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahalala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahalala in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହଲାଲା | mahalala | - |
| Mahalala in the Marathi language | ||
| महाळला | mahalala | 33.33 |
| महालाला | mahalala | 33.33 |
| महालला | mahalala | 33.33 |
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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 Mahalala
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