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 Male Dela Height
173.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dela (Bengali: ডেলা, Georgian: დელა, Hindi: देला, Marathi: देला, Oriya: େଡଲା, Tibetan: བདེ་ལ།) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Delá, Déla or Delà. For other potential spellings of Dela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dela? popularity and diffusion
Dela is the 28,946th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 392,775 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 35 percent of Dela are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 20,515th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 44,053 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 7,853 people, or 1 in 46,155. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 48 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and Hawaii, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 87 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.
Dela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dela has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dela last name grew 14,278 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 415 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Dela surname are 27.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 81.07% registered with the political 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dela
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