Mainala Surname
Approximately 933 people bear this surname
Mainala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| India | 177 | 1:4,333,703 | 114,361 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mainala (1,511) may also be a first name.
Mainala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mainala (Arabic: مينالا, Hindi: मैनाला, Marathi: मईनला) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 381,790th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,810,875 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mainala live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mainala is also the 199,883rd most common first name worldwide It is held by 1,511 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Outside of Malawi it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mainala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mainala in the Hindi language | ||
| मैनाला | mainala | - |
| Mainala in the Marathi language | ||
| मईनला | ma'inala | - |
| Mainala in the Arabic language | ||
| مينالا | mynala | - |
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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 Mainala
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