Dala Surname
Approximately 117,221 people bear this surname
Dala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 82,426 | 1:327 | 58 |
| India | 11,295 | 1:67,912 | 4,623 |
| Nigeria | 7,400 | 1:23,938 | 2,100 |
| Philippines | 4,069 | 1:24,880 | 3,340 |
| Indonesia | 1,429 | 1:92,547 | 9,672 |
| South Africa | 1,391 | 1:38,949 | 5,015 |
| Brazil | 1,323 | 1:161,810 | 6,237 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,029 | 1:17,835 | 1,291 |
| DR Congo | 882 | 1:83,764 | 9,618 |
| Niger | 858 | 1:22,368 | 1,366 |
| Nepal | 484 | 1:58,845 | 1,630 |
| Tanzania | 435 | 1:121,705 | 11,552 |
| Afghanistan | 407 | 1:79,000 | 2,262 |
| Papua New Guinea | 341 | 1:23,911 | 2,631 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Hungary | 303 | 1:32,397 | 3,538 |
| Algeria | 254 | 1:152,093 | 19,791 |
| Turkey | 231 | 1:336,889 | 21,468 |
| Thailand | 219 | 1:322,550 | 55,591 |
| Taiwan | 171 | 1:137,104 | 1,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Venezuela | 153 | 1:197,412 | 5,403 |
| Honduras | 149 | 1:59,171 | 1,349 |
| United States | 136 | 1:2,665,139 | 160,299 |
| Solomon Islands | 114 | 1:5,088 | 690 |
| France | 104 | 1:638,680 | 83,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| Namibia | 77 | 1:31,291 | 4,774 |
| Congo | 70 | 1:71,273 | 6,207 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| Haiti | 58 | 1:184,205 | 7,235 |
| Greece | 55 | 1:201,451 | 31,872 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Zambia | 47 | 1:337,232 | 18,059 |
| Mexico | 40 | 1:3,103,155 | 23,265 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 1:536,839 | 23,182 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Dalá (6), Daļa (1) & Dălă (47) are calculated separately.
Dala (87,843) may also be a first name.
Dala Demographics
Dala Political Affiliation
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Dala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dala (Arabic: دلّا, Bengali: দল, Georgian: დალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻻ, Hindi: दला, Marathi: दला, Oriya: ଡଲା, Russian: Дала, Tibetan: དར་ལ།) is found most frequently in Angola. It can be rendered as: Dalá, Daļa or Dălă. Click here for further possible spellings of Dala.
How Common Is The Last Name Dala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dala is the 4,819th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,169 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Dala live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Dala is also the 11,421st most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 87,843 people.
The last name Dala is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is carried by 82,426 people, or 1 in 327. Not including Angola it exists in 99 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Dala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dala last name rose 716 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (61%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Dala surname are 26.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.08% being registered with the party.
The amount Dala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.7% less than the national average, earning R 117,144 per year; in Colombia they earn 45.96% more than the national average, earning $33,137,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.61% less than the national average, earning $42,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.19% less than the national average, earning $36,669 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dala in the Georgian language | ||
| დალა | dala | - |
| Dala in the Marathi language | ||
| दला | dala | 95.52 |
| दाला | dala | 1.98 |
| डाला | dala | 0.93 |
| दळा | dala | 0.58 |
| डला | dala | 0.41 |
| डाळा | dala | 0.35 |
| Dala in the Hindi language | ||
| दला | dala | 84.73 |
| डाला | dala | 13.77 |
| डला | dala | 0.96 |
| दाला | dala | 0.41 |
| डालू | dalu | 0.02 |
| डल्ाा | dalaa | 0.02 |
| Dala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻻ | dala | 50 |
| ﺩﺍﻟﻪ | dalh | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻝ | aldal | 25 |
| Dala in the Bengali language | ||
| দল | dala | 33.33 |
| ডালা | dala | 33.33 |
| দলা | dala | 33.33 |
| Dala in the Tibetan language | ||
| དར་ལ། | darla | 25 |
| དགྲ་ལྷ་ | dralha | 25 |
| དགྲ་ལཱ | drala | 12.5 |
| དགྲ་ལ། | drala | 12.5 |
| དཱ་ལ། | dala | 12.5 |
| དགྲ་ལ་ | drala | 12.5 |
| Dala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡଲା | dala | 24.7 |
| ଦଳ | dala | 23.19 |
| ଦଲ | dala | 10.24 |
| ଡାଲା | dala | 9.04 |
| ଡାଳ | dala | 5.72 |
| ଦାଲା | dala | 5.42 |
| ଡାଲ | dala | 4.82 |
| ଡଳା | dala | 4.52 |
| ଦଲା | dala | 2.71 |
| ଦଳେବେହରା | dalebehara | 2.11 |
| ଡଲ | dala | 2.11 |
| ଡାଳା | dala | 1.51 |
| ଦଳା | dala | 0.6 |
| େଦାଳ | edala | 0.6 |
| ଦାଳା | dala | 0.3 |
| ଡଳ | dala | 0.3 |
| Dala in the Russian language | ||
| Дала | dala | - |
| Dala in the Arabic language | ||
| دلّا | dla | - |
| دلا | dla | - |
| دلعه | dlh | - |
| عدلا | dla | - |
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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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- 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 Dala
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