Dahala Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Dahala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dahala (152) may also be a first name.
Dahala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dahala (Hindi: दहला, Marathi: दहला, Oriya: ଦହଲା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Dahala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Dahala reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 152 people.
Dahala is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Dahala is primarily found in: Borno, where 96 percent are found and Kaduna, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 28 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahala in the Hindi language | ||
| दहला | dahala | - |
| Dahala in the Marathi language | ||
| दहला | dahala | 75 |
| दहाला | dahala | 25 |
| Dahala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦହଲା | dahala | 52.94 |
| ଦହଳା | dahala | 17.65 |
| ଡାହାଲା | d'ahala | 11.76 |
| ଦହଲ | dahala | 5.88 |
| ଡହଲା | dahala | 5.88 |
| ଦହଲାାଇଁ | dahalaa'im | 5.88 |
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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 Dahala
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