Malagu Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Malagu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Malagù (3) are calculated separately.
Malagu (135) may also be a first name.
Malagu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malagu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malagu (Marathi: मळगु, Oriya: ମାଲଗୁ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Malagù. For other potential spellings of Malagu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malagu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 993,593rd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname Malagu is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Malagu reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 797,647th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 135 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 47 percent live and Osun, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Malagu occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malagu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malagu in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲଗୁ | malagu | - |
| Malagu in the Marathi language | ||
| मळगु | malagu | 47.03 |
| मळगू | malagu | 26.73 |
| मलगु | malagu | 7.43 |
| मालगु | malagu | 5.45 |
| मलगू | malagu | 5.45 |
| मालगू | malagu | 5.45 |
| माळगु | malagu | 0.99 |
| मादगू | madagu | 0.5 |
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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 Malagu
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