Baala Surname
Approximately 3,643 people bear this surname
Baala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,726 | 1:22,382 | 4,082 |
| Morocco | 1,091 | 1:31,600 | 5,064 |
| Uganda | 227 | 1:171,979 | 14,553 |
| India | 224 | 1:3,424,399 | 98,109 |
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Baâla (2) are calculated separately.
Baala (859) may also be a first name.
Baala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baala (Arabic: البعيلي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻌﺎﻝ, Hindi: बआला, Marathi: बाळा, Oriya: ବାଆଲା, Russian: Баала) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Baâla. Click here for further potential spellings of Baala.
How Common Is The Last Name Baala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 125,034th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,000,424 people. The last name Baala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Baala live; 77 percent live in North Africa and 77 percent live in Mahgreb. Baala is also the 277,821st most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 859 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,726 people, or 1 in 22,382. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Batna Province, where 56 percent are found, Adrar Province, where 29 percent are found and Mila Province, where 7 percent are found. Not including Algeria this surname occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 30 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻌﺎﻝ | bal | - |
| Baala in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଆଲା | ba'ala | - |
| Baala in the Marathi language | ||
| बाळा | bala | 88.89 |
| बाला | bala | 11.11 |
| Baala in the Hindi language | ||
| बआला | ba'ala | 56.25 |
| बााला | baala | 18.75 |
| बाला | bala | 18.75 |
| बााल | baala | 6.25 |
| Baala in the Russian language | ||
| Баала | baala | - |
| Baala in the Arabic language | ||
| البعيلي | albyly | - |
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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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- 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 Baala
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