Mkala Surname
Approximately 5,701 people bear this surname
Mkala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,194 | 1:11,011 | 1,388 |
| Tanzania | 914 | 1:57,923 | 6,273 |
| South Africa | 402 | 1:134,770 | 15,652 |
| Zambia | 143 | 1:110,839 | 8,638 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkala (1,361) may also be a first name.
Mkala Demographics
Mkala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mkala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkala (Arabic: مكالي, Hindi: एमकला) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkala? popularity and diffusion
Mkala is the 84,707th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,278,293 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkala live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 212,488th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 1,361 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 4,194 people, or 1 in 11,011. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kwale County, where 43 percent live, Taita Taveta County, where 27 percent live and Mombasa County, where 12 percent live. Other than Kenya Mkala is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Mkala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (65%) in Kenya.
Mkala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.91% less than the national average, earning R 140,412 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mkala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mkala in the Hindi language | ||
| एमकला | emakala | - |
| Mkala in the Arabic language | ||
| مكالي | mkaly | - |
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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 Mkala
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