Yagala Surname
Approximately 788 people bear this surname
Yagala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 368 | 1:143,863 | 13,168 |
| India | 317 | 1:2,419,765 | 78,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Yagala (142) may also be a first name.
Yagala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yagala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yagala (Oriya: ୟାଗାଲା) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yagala.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagala? popularity and diffusion
Yagala is the 435,773rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,248,155 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Yagala are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 775,413th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 142 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 143,863. In Tanzania Yagala is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 46 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 33 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yagala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yagala in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାଗାଲା | yagala | 50 |
| ୟଗଲାନାନୀ | yagalanani | 25 |
| ୟଗଲା | yagala | 25 |
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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 Yagala
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