Changala Surname
Approximately 5,824 people bear this surname
Changala Surname Definition:
Changala is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a playful person.
Changala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,099 | 1:25,222 | 3,091 |
| Zambia | 2,003 | 1:7,913 | 938 |
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| India | 552 | 1:1,389,611 | 53,529 |
| United States | 132 | 1:2,745,901 | 164,003 |
| Argentina | 61 | 1:700,712 | 48,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Changala (612) may also be a first name.
Changala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Changala is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a playful person.
Changala Demographics
Average Changala Salary in
United States
$45,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Changala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Changala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Changala (Hindi: छंगला, Marathi: चंगला, Oriya: ଚାାଲା, Tibetan: བཅོ་ལྔ་ལ།) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Changala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Changala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 83,115th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,251,296 people. The last name Changala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Changala live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 337,693rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 612 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,099 people, or 1 in 25,222. In Tanzania Changala is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 26 percent live, Katavi Region, where 18 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 34 percent live and Malawi, where 14 percent live.
Changala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Changala last name are 50.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 97.06% registered to vote for the party.
Changala earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $45,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Changala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Changala in the Hindi language | ||
| छंगला | changala | - |
| Changala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାାଲା | caala | - |
| Changala in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཅོ་ལྔ་ལ། | chongala | 81.82 |
| ལྕོ་ལྔ་ལ། | chongala | 5.45 |
| ལྕང་ག་ལ། | changgala | 1.82 |
| ཅོ་ལྔ་ལ། | chongala | 1.82 |
| བཅོང་ལྔ་ལ། | chongngala | 1.82 |
| ཅེ་ལྔ་ལ། | chéngala | 1.82 |
| བཅོ་སྔ་ལ། | chongala | 1.82 |
| ལྕོ་སྔ་ལ། | chongala | 1.82 |
| བཅོ་སྔ་ལ་ | chongala | 1.82 |
| Changala in the Marathi language | ||
| चंगला | cangala | 62.96 |
| चंगाला | cangala | 14.81 |
| चंगळा | cangala | 11.11 |
| चंगाळा | cangala | 11.11 |
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