Nalaga Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Nalaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 156 | 1:339,369 | 25,249 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nalaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nalaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nalaga (Marathi: नालगा) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nalaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Nalaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,300,225th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Nalaga is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Nalaga are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 339,369. In Tanzania Nalaga is primarily concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 94 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nalaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nalaga in the Marathi language | ||
| नालगा | nalaga | - |
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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 Nalaga
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