Divala Surname
Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname
Divala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,987 | 1:8,616 | 1,315 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Divala (377) may also be a first name.
Divala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Divala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Divala (Hindi: दिवला, Marathi: िदवला) occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Divala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Divala is the 196,565th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,418,174 people. Divala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Divala reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Divala is also the 446,783rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 377 people.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,987 people, or 1 in 8,616. Apart from Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Divala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Divala in the Hindi language | ||
| दिवला | divala | 71.88 |
| दिवाला | divala | 21.88 |
| दीवला | divala | 6.25 |
| Divala in the Marathi language | ||
| िदवला | idavala | 49.02 |
| िदवाला | idavala | 25.49 |
| वळवी | valavi | 13.73 |
| िदवाळा | idavala | 5.88 |
| डीवाला | divala | 3.92 |
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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 Divala
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