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 Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bola (Arabic: بولي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﻪ, Hindi: बोला, Marathi: बोला, Oriya: େବାଲା, Russian: Бола, Tibetan: བོ་ལ་) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bóla. For other possible spellings of Bola click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,014th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 196,440 people. Bola occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Bola live; 31 percent live in Central Africa and 31 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 8,117th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 128,262 people.
The last name Bola is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 10,535 people, or 1 in 7,013. Excluding The DR Congo this surname is found in 105 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.
Bola Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bola has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bola last name increased 52,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 792 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (60%) in Lebanon and Christian (57%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Bola surname are 10.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.86% being registered to vote for the political 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
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