Mgala Surname
Approximately 29,844 people bear this surname
Mgala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 23,811 | 1:2,223 | 292 |
| Malawi | 5,280 | 1:3,242 | 416 |
| Kenya | 730 | 1:63,260 | 6,149 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mgala (536) may also be a first name.
Mgala Demographics
Average Mgala Salary in
South Africa
R 39,276
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mgala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgala (Marathi: मंगला) is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,480th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 244,188 people. Mgala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgala reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 364,183rd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 536 people.
Mgala is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 23,811 people, or 1 in 2,223. In Tanzania Mgala is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 74 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 12 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Mgala occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 18 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Mgala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mgala last name is primarily Muslim (56%) in Kenya.
Mgala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.47% less than the national average, earning R 39,276 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mgala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mgala in the Marathi language | ||
| मंगला | mangala | 50 |
| मगला | magala | 50 |
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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 Mgala
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