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
The surname Dela (Bengali: ডেলা, Georgian: დელა, Hindi: देला, Marathi: देला, Oriya: େଡଲା, Tibetan: བདེ་ལ།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Delá, Déla or Delà. Click here for further possible spellings of Dela.
How Common Is The Last Name Dela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 28,946th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 392,775 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Dela reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 34 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Dela is also the 20,515th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 44,053 people.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 7,853 people, or 1 in 46,155. In The United States Dela is most prevalent in: California, where 48 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and Hawaii, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 87 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Dela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dela has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 14,278 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 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 those holding the Dela surname are 27.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.07% 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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- 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 Dela
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