Mgalu Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Mgalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 294 | 1:180,074 | 15,674 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mgalu (194) may also be a first name.
Mgalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mgalu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 895,817th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. Mgalu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mgalu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mgalu is also the 651,944th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 194 people.
The last name Mgalu is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 180,074. In Tanzania Mgalu is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 56 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 37 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mgalu
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