Sangala Surname
Approximately 6,656 people bear this surname
Sangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,934 | 1:8,852 | 1,354 |
| Mali | 1,549 | 1:10,955 | 546 |
| India | 1,181 | 1:649,505 | 30,665 |
| Tanzania | 965 | 1:54,862 | 6,001 |
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Uganda | 87 | 1:448,727 | 26,843 |
| Burkina Faso | 69 | 1:265,972 | 5,041 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Taiwan | 39 | 1:601,147 | 4,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šangala (336) are calculated separately.
Sangala (707) may also be a first name.
Sangala Demographics
Sangala Political Affiliation
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Sangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangala (Hindi: संगला, Marathi: संगाला, Oriya: ସଳା, Russian: Сангала, Tibetan: གསང་སྔགས་ལ།) is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Šangala. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sangala is the 73,921st most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,094,884 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sangala are found; 30 percent are found in Southern Africa and 30 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 310,684th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 707 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,934 people, or 1 in 8,852. Without taking into account Malawi Sangala occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 23 percent are found and India, where 18 percent are found.
Sangala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sangala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sangala last name expanded 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sangala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sangala last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sangala earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $47,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.61% less than the national average, earning $42,922 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangala in the Tibetan language | ||
| གསང་སྔགས་ལ། | sangngakla | - |
| Sangala in the Hindi language | ||
| संगला | sangala | 80 |
| सांगला | sangala | 11.11 |
| संगाला | sangala | 6.67 |
| संगल | sangala | 2.22 |
| Sangala in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଳା | sala | 57.14 |
| ସଂଗଳା | sangala | 14.29 |
| ମଳା | mala | 7.14 |
| ଦିଗାଲ | digala | 7.14 |
| ସେରନ | serana | 7.14 |
| କହଁର | kahamra | 7.14 |
| Sangala in the Marathi language | ||
| संगाला | sangala | 43.24 |
| संगळा | sangala | 27.03 |
| संगला | sangala | 17.57 |
| सांगला | sangala | 5.41 |
| सांगळू | sangalu | 2.7 |
| सांगंळा | sanganla | 2.7 |
| सांगळा | sangala | 1.35 |
| Sangala in the Russian language | ||
| Сангала | sangala | - |
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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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- 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 Sangala
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