Dela Surname
Approximately 18,554 people bear this surname
Dela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,853 | 1:46,155 | 5,620 |
| India | 1,978 | 1:387,798 | 20,656 |
| Philippines | 1,753 | 1:57,751 | 9,696 |
| Ghana | 1,455 | 1:18,571 | 2,344 |
| Poland | 1,009 | 1:37,670 | 5,869 |
| Indonesia | 815 | 1:162,269 | 15,826 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Taiwan | 757 | 1:30,971 | 408 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Nigeria | 315 | 1:562,358 | 27,325 |
| South Africa | 303 | 1:178,804 | 19,656 |
| Ivory Coast | 296 | 1:77,943 | 4,268 |
| Niger | 202 | 1:95,010 | 3,943 |
| Canada | 139 | 1:265,076 | 24,993 |
| Denmark | 75 | 1:75,263 | 7,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Italy | 33 | 1:1,853,233 | 86,897 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55 | 1:913,067 | 55,053 |
The alternate forms: Delá (7), Déla (2) & Delà (2) are calculated separately.
Dela (44,053) may also be a first name.
Dela Demographics
Average Dela Salary in
United States
$33,433 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dela (Bengali: ডেলা, Georgian: დელა, Hindi: देला, Marathi: देला, Oriya: େଡଲା, Tibetan: བདེ་ལ།) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms: Delá, Déla or Delà. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 28,946th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 392,775 people. The surname Dela is mostly found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Dela live; 35 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dela is also the 20,515th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 44,053 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 7,853 people, or 1 in 46,155. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 48 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Hawaii, where 5 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 87 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside and The Philippines, where 9 percent reside.
Dela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dela last name rose 14,278 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 415 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Dela last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Dela are 27.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.07% being registered with the party.
The amount Dela earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 18.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,854 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.91% less than the national average, earning R 166,572 per year; in United States they earn 22.52% less than the national average, earning $33,433 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.3% less than the national average, earning $45,559 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dela in the Georgian language | ||
| დელა | dela | - |
| Dela in the Bengali language | ||
| ডেলা | dela | - |
| Dela in the Hindi language | ||
| देला | dela | 60.68 |
| डेला | dela | 38.83 |
| ढेला | dhela | 0.49 |
| Dela in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡଲା | edala | 54.05 |
| େଦଲା | edala | 13.51 |
| େଦଲ | edala | 10.81 |
| େଡଲ | edala | 8.11 |
| େଡ଼ଲା | erala | 5.41 |
| େଡେଲ | edela | 2.7 |
| େଡଳା | edala | 2.7 |
| େଡଳ | edala | 2.7 |
| Dela in the Marathi language | ||
| देला | dela | 51.39 |
| डेला | dela | 44.44 |
| डेळा | dela | 2.78 |
| देळा | dela | 1.39 |
| Dela in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་ལ། | déla | 20 |
| སྡི་ལ། | dila | 20 |
| འདྲི་ལ། | drila | 20 |
| འདུས་ལ། | düla | 20 |
| བྲེ་ལ། | dréla | 20 |
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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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