Achela Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Achela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Achela (125) may also be a first name.
Achela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Achela (Hindi: अचेला, Marathi: अचेला, Tibetan: ཨེ་ཅི་ལ།) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Achela live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 29 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Achela is also the 832,731st most common first name globally. It is borne by 125 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Lira District, where 63 percent are found, Kampala District, where 13 percent are found and Namayingo District, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Greece, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achela in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨེ་ཅི་ལ། | échila | - |
| Achela in the Marathi language | ||
| अचेला | acela | - |
| Achela in the Hindi language | ||
| अचेला | acela | 50 |
| अचॅला | acela | 50 |
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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 Achela
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