Ala Surname
Approximately 70,187 people bear this surname
Ala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20,780 | 1:36,914 | 2,638 |
| Nigeria | 8,162 | 1:21,703 | 1,950 |
| Philippines | 7,663 | 1:13,211 | 1,384 |
| Turkey | 4,238 | 1:18,363 | 2,205 |
| Egypt | 3,173 | 1:28,974 | 3,182 |
| Indonesia | 3,060 | 1:43,219 | 4,937 |
| Niger | 2,572 | 1:7,462 | 605 |
| Bangladesh | 2,253 | 1:70,731 | 3,437 |
| Iran | 1,808 | 1:42,468 | 4,894 |
| Peru | 1,388 | 1:22,899 | 2,566 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Bolivia | 1,206 | 1:8,803 | 1,017 |
| Afghanistan | 1,110 | 1:28,967 | 1,266 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Italy | 950 | 1:64,375 | 11,487 |
| Pakistan | 894 | 1:199,825 | 4,893 |
| Saudi Arabia | 875 | 1:35,264 | 5,116 |
| United States | 843 | 1:429,963 | 37,116 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Vanuatu | 551 | 1:478 | 93 |
| Papua New Guinea | 548 | 1:14,879 | 1,444 |
| France | 397 | 1:167,312 | 26,048 |
| North Macedonia | 384 | 1:5,473 | 1,019 |
| Brazil | 290 | 1:738,187 | 26,980 |
| Russia | 235 | 1:613,290 | 53,852 |
| Jordan | 211 | 1:41,907 | 4,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 211 | 1:43,423 | 4,416 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Solomon Islands | 191 | 1:3,037 | 308 |
| Argentina | 170 | 1:251,432 | 20,361 |
| Malaysia | 164 | 1:179,843 | 10,807 |
| Iraq | 152 | 1:230,406 | 5,073 |
| Finland | 140 | 1:39,262 | 4,986 |
| Moldova | 133 | 1:26,777 | 4,384 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| China | 115 | 1:11,889,753 | 719 |
| Spain | 110 | 1:425,019 | 22,707 |
| England | 102 | 1:546,255 | 33,762 |
| Canada | 94 | 1:391,974 | 34,739 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Sweden | 84 | 1:117,223 | 8,378 |
| Tunisia | 83 | 1:7,357 | 1,234 |
| Kosovo | 78 | 1:23,870 | 2,645 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| Estonia | 69 | 1:19,157 | 3,287 |
| Ivory Coast | 67 | 1:344,347 | 12,387 |
| Taiwan | 66 | 1:355,223 | 2,819 |
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 1:74,452 | 5,004 |
| Poland | 49 | 1:775,689 | 62,719 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| American Samoa | 44 | 1:1,267 | 200 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Palestine | 33 | 1:137,844 | 7,971 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Lebanon | 30 | 1:187,903 | 8,189 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| Yemen | 23 | 1:1,148,926 | 11,714 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Syria | 12 | 1:1,608,418 | 8,291 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Transnistria | 8 | 1:59,337 | 8,632 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Alá (18), Alà (6), Alã (3), Àla (1) & Alâ (1) are calculated separately.
Ala (219,647) may also be a first name.
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Ala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ala (Arabic: الاُ, Bengali: আলা, Georgian: ალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻼﺀ, Hindi: अला, Marathi: अला, Oriya: ଆଲା, Russian: Ала) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Alá, Alà, Alã, Àla or Alâ. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,104th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 103,830 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Ala live; 38 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ala is also the 4,763rd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 219,647 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 20,780 people, or 1 in 36,914. In India Ala is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 73 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 14 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in 123 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 11 percent live.
Ala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya, Sunni (60%) in Lebanon and Muslim (60%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Ala are 2.7% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.53% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 21.48% more than the national average, earning €36,480 per year; in Norway they earn 37.74% less than the national average, earning 215,480 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.51% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,483 per year; in South Africa they earn 68.25% less than the national average, earning R 75,456 per year; in United States they earn 11.68% more than the national average, earning $48,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2% more than the national average, earning $50,678 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ala in the Georgian language | ||
| ალა | ala | - |
| Ala in the Bengali language | ||
| আলা | ala | 86.73 |
| অল | ala | 4.42 |
| ালা | ala | 2.65 |
| অলা | ala | 1.77 |
| এলা | ela | 0.88 |
| আল | ala | 0.88 |
| Ala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲା | ala | 65.09 |
| ଅଲା | ala | 20.47 |
| ଆଲ | ala | 3.94 |
| ଅଳା | ala | 2.62 |
| ଆଳା | ala | 2.36 |
| ଅଲ | ala | 1.84 |
| ଆଳ | ala | 0.26 |
| ଅଳ | ala | 0.26 |
| Ala in the Marathi language | ||
| अला | ala | 55.07 |
| आला | ala | 21.74 |
| आळा | ala | 20.29 |
| ाला | ala | 1.45 |
| अळा | ala | 1.45 |
| Ala in the Hindi language | ||
| अला | ala | 52.51 |
| आला | ala | 45.64 |
| ाला | ala | 1.11 |
| एला | ela | 0.15 |
| अल | ala | 0.07 |
| Ala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻼﺀ | la | 27.27 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 18.18 |
| ﺁﻻ | ala | 13.64 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﻼﺀ | alla | 9.09 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻪ | alh | 9.09 |
| ﻋﺎﻝ | al | 9.09 |
| ﻋﻼ | la | 4.55 |
| ﺃﻻ | ala | 4.55 |
| ﺍﻷﻋﻠﻰ | alaly | 4.55 |
| Ala in the Russian language | ||
| Ала | ala | - |
| Ala in the Arabic language | ||
| الاُ | alau | - |
| الّا | ala | - |
| آلاّ | ala | - |
| إلي | aly | - |
| ألا | ala | - |
| الاّ | ala | - |
| لا | la | - |
| الا | ala | - |
| آلا | ala | - |
| الي | aly | - |
| ليلاء | lyla | - |
| آلي | aly | - |
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