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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mgalla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgalla? popularity and diffusion
Mgalla is the 45,214th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 634,859 people. Mgalla occurs mostly 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 prevalent forename on earth It is held by 152 people.
The surname Mgalla is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10,802 people, or 1 in 4,901. In Tanzania Mgalla is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 49 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 29 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Mgalla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mgalla last name is chiefly 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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