Malagala Surname

249,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Malagala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malagala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
Uganda6381:61,1907,063
Tanzania1591:332,96624,953
India1261:6,087,820142,101
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Malagala (35) may also be a first name.

Malagala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malagala Come From? nationality or country of origin

Malagala occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malagala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 249,366th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,577,604 people. The surname Malagala occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Malagala reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.

The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 40 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Malagala
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