Mgalla Surname
Approximately 11,479 people bear this surname
Mgalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10,802 | 1:4,901 | 662 |
| Kenya | 674 | 1:68,516 | 6,534 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Mgalla (152) may also be a first name.
Mgalla Demographics
Mgalla Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mgalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgalla occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mgalla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgalla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mgalla is the 45,214th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 634,859 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgalla live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mgalla is also the 746,252nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 152 people.
The surname Mgalla is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 10,802 people, or 1 in 4,901. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 49 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 29 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Mgalla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mgalla last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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 Mgalla
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