Bala Forename
1,072nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 871,727 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nepal
Bala Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 395,844 | 1:449 | 63 |
| India | 57% | 318,600 | 1:3,813 | 406 |
| Nepal | 72% | 100,029 | 1:285 | 37 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 7,460 | 1:4,130 | 662 |
| Sudan | - | 6,346 | 1:5,958 | 914 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 5,079 | 1:4,095 | 698 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 5,012 | 1:38,778 | 2,424 |
| Ethiopia | 78% | 2,774 | 1:35,169 | 3,981 |
| Niger | 88% | 2,483 | 1:7,726 | 814 |
| United States | 80% | 2,447 | 1:148,156 | 5,837 |
| Qatar | 100% | 2,272 | 1:1,043 | 71 |
| Iran | 51% | 2,203 | 1:35,632 | 1,542 |
| Myanmar | - | 2,100 | 1:24,737 | 564 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 1,738 | 1:17,520 | 1,799 |
| Oman | - | 1,354 | 1:3,034 | 433 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Egypt | 68% | 1,193 | 1:77,033 | 3,817 |
| Senegal | 95% | 827 | 1:17,632 | 1,103 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Canada | 100% | 819 | 1:40,456 | 2,886 |
| Ivory Coast | 55% | 759 | 1:30,403 | 2,515 |
| England | 79% | 678 | 1:82,010 | 3,296 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Poland | 61% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Indonesia | 71% | 578 | 1:446,304 | 34,759 |
| Mauritius | - | 571 | 1:2,273 | 418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 564 | 1:14,454 | 1,445 |
| Mali | 100% | 552 | 1:30,757 | 1,962 |
| Burkina Faso | 74% | 504 | 1:36,467 | 2,763 |
| Bahrain | - | 459 | 1:2,938 | 469 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 455 | 1:15,719 | 1,645 |
| Singapore | 89% | 430 | 1:14,621 | 3,113 |
| Australia | - | 411 | 1:33,230 | 1,874 |
| Cameroon | 76% | 380 | 1:56,870 | 3,569 |
| Tanzania | 87% | 354 | 1:149,120 | 7,057 |
| South Africa | 92% | 290 | 1:188,044 | 12,392 |
| Kuwait | - | 275 | 1:13,765 | 1,556 |
| Benin | 62% | 246 | 1:42,991 | 3,533 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 202 | 1:161,503 | 4,531 |
| Bhutan | 93% | 192 | 1:4,296 | 361 |
| DR Congo | 65% | 192 | 1:384,519 | 14,440 |
| Turkey | 71% | 165 | 1:471,526 | 6,806 |
| Azerbaijan | 62% | 156 | 1:61,814 | 3,498 |
| Guinea | - | 118 | 1:100,497 | 2,183 |
| New Zealand | - | 87 | 1:52,138 | 2,788 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Mauritania | 86% | 79 | 1:51,838 | 2,678 |
| Kenya | - | 71 | 1:652,213 | 16,085 |
| Iraq | 50% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Philippines | 88% | 65 | 1:1,630,915 | 38,369 |
| France | 93% | 61 | 1:1,089,678 | 8,239 |
| Brazil | - | 42 | 1:5,100,861 | 79,262 |
| Uganda | 85% | 37 | 1:1,106,944 | 18,454 |
| Germany | 57% | 36 | 1:2,685,497 | 13,801 |
| Netherlands | 69% | 36 | 1:469,502 | 11,829 |
| Thailand | 89% | 33 | 1:2,123,206 | 57,616 |
| Vietnam | 59% | 33 | 1:2,806,761 | 3,305 |
| Russia | 73% | 32 | 1:4,507,303 | 22,729 |
| Sweden | 77% | 31 | 1:317,997 | 9,503 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23 | 1:232,625 | 3,902 |
| Spain | 100% | 23 | 1:2,023,042 | 11,683 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Ireland | 100% | 20 | 1:232,176 | 4,019 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 18 | 1:856,879 | 31,986 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Wales | 50% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Italy | 60% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Ukraine | 60% | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| Georgia | 82% | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| Liberia | 100% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 56% | 10 | 1:136,142 | 8,486 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| North Macedonia | - | 8 | 1:261,345 | 7,184 |
| Mexico | - | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Belgium | 60% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Israel | 56% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Chile | - | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Hungary | 98% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 57% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Cyprus | 50% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Bála (2), Balâ (1) & Bálá (1) are calculated separately.
Bala (1,179,383) may also be a surname.
Bala Forename Popularity
Bala Demographics
Bala Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 321 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Bala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bala in the Russian language | ||
| Бала | bala | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Bala