Bola Surname
Approximately 37,098 people bear this surname
Bola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 10,535 | 1:7,013 | 858 |
| Nigeria | 6,510 | 1:27,211 | 2,328 |
| Philippines | 2,955 | 1:34,260 | 5,160 |
| India | 2,858 | 1:268,392 | 15,364 |
| Egypt | 1,922 | 1:47,833 | 4,716 |
| Indonesia | 1,703 | 1:77,657 | 8,278 |
| Pakistan | 1,258 | 1:142,006 | 3,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,108 | 1:20,822 | 1,546 |
| Fiji | 943 | 1:948 | 108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 709 | 1:11,500 | 1,027 |
| England | 522 | 1:106,740 | 11,153 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| United States | 388 | 1:934,173 | 69,936 |
| Congo | 385 | 1:12,959 | 1,656 |
| Portugal | 377 | 1:27,635 | 1,774 |
| Canada | 369 | 1:99,853 | 10,844 |
| Benin | 351 | 1:29,446 | 3,890 |
| Cameroon | 306 | 1:67,873 | 8,556 |
| Honduras | 294 | 1:29,988 | 991 |
| Poland | 293 | 1:129,723 | 19,020 |
| Samoa | 243 | 1:798 | 243 |
| France | 239 | 1:277,919 | 42,706 |
| South Africa | 203 | 1:266,885 | 26,661 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Uzbekistan | 185 | 1:167,185 | 7,160 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| Iraq | 157 | 1:223,068 | 4,985 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Turkey | 148 | 1:525,820 | 29,462 |
| Spain | 141 | 1:331,575 | 19,344 |
| Niger | 133 | 1:144,301 | 5,339 |
| Solomon Islands | 104 | 1:5,577 | 775 |
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Belgium | 63 | 1:182,486 | 24,456 |
| Russia | 59 | 1:2,442,764 | 142,518 |
| Jamaica | 45 | 1:63,777 | 3,321 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| Afghanistan | 39 | 1:824,441 | 8,487 |
| Slovenia | 35 | 1:71,076 | 9,906 |
| Italy | 32 | 1:1,911,146 | 87,725 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:1,024,871 | 60,160 |
The alternate forms: Bóla (58) are calculated separately.
Bola (128,262) may also be a first name.
Bola Demographics
Bola Political Affiliation
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Bola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bola (Arabic: بولي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﻪ, Hindi: बोला, Marathi: बोला, Oriya: େବାଲା, Russian: Бола, Tibetan: བོ་ལ་) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Bóla. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bola? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bola is the 15,014th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 196,440 people. The last name Bola is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Bola are found; 31 percent are found in Central Africa and 31 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bola is also the 8,117th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 128,262 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 10,535 people, or 1 in 7,013. Not including The DR Congo Bola exists in 105 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
Bola Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bola has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Bola last name expanded 52,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 792 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bola last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (60%) in Lebanon and Christian (57%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Bola surname are 10.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.86% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bola earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.23% less than the national average, earning R 168,180 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.33% more than the national average, earning $25,954,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.85% more than the national average, earning $50,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.31% more than the national average, earning $56,297 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bola in the Hindi language | ||
| बोला | bola | 93.43 |
| भोला | bhola | 5.05 |
| बौला | baula | 1.01 |
| Bola in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་ལ་ | bola | 76.47 |
| སྦོ་ལ། | bola | 11.76 |
| སྦོ་ལ་ | bola | 5.88 |
| བཱོ་ལ། | bala | 5.88 |
| Bola in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାଲା | ebala | 67.69 |
| େବାଳା | ebala | 18.46 |
| ବଲା | bala | 4.62 |
| େବାଳ | ebala | 3.08 |
| େବାଲ | ebala | 1.54 |
| ବଳା | bala | 1.54 |
| ବଲ | bala | 1.54 |
| Bola in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﻪ | blh | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻻ | bwla | 33.33 |
| Bola in the Marathi language | ||
| बोला | bola | 61.08 |
| बोळा | bola | 38.92 |
| Bola in the Russian language | ||
| Бола | bola | - |
| Bola in the Arabic language | ||
| بولي | bwly | - |
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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
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