Dula Surname
Approximately 42,596 people bear this surname
Dula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 15,615 | 1:6,247 | 985 |
| Mozambique | 6,798 | 1:4,010 | 928 |
| Philippines | 6,642 | 1:15,242 | 1,687 |
| India | 3,139 | 1:244,366 | 14,232 |
| United States | 2,962 | 1:122,370 | 13,046 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Indonesia | 947 | 1:139,651 | 13,848 |
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Kosovo | 522 | 1:3,567 | 589 |
| Poland | 501 | 1:75,866 | 11,859 |
| Namibia | 454 | 1:5,307 | 1,002 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Nigeria | 384 | 1:461,309 | 23,423 |
| Romania | 302 | 1:66,483 | 7,984 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Hungary | 254 | 1:38,647 | 4,172 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Albania | 78 | 1:37,360 | 5,425 |
| Czechia | 65 | 1:163,592 | 24,859 |
| Taiwan | 57 | 1:411,311 | 3,177 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Switzerland | 53 | 1:154,961 | 14,619 |
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| Slovakia | 45 | 1:118,588 | 22,142 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Cambodia | 10 | 1:1,548,715 | 6,449 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 241 | 1:208,376 | 17,958 |
The alternate forms: Ďula (12), Dulá (5), Dulă (2) & Důla (1) are calculated separately.
Dula (68,308) may also be a first name.
Dula Demographics
Dula Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Dula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dula (Arabic: دولاّ, Bengali: দুলা, Georgian: დულა, Hindi: दुला, Marathi: दुला, Oriya: ଦୁଲା, Russian: Дула, Tibetan: འབྲུག་ལ་) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ďula, Dulá, Dulă or Důla. Click here for other possible spellings of Dula.
How Common Is The Last Name Dula? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dula is the 13,156th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 171,085 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Dula live; 37 percent live in East Africa and 37 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 14,144th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 68,308 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 15,615 people, or 1 in 6,247. Outside of Ethiopia this surname is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 16 percent are found and The Philippines, where 16 percent are found.
Dula Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dula has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dula last name increased 1,229 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dula Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (60%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Dula last name are 26.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.82% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dula earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 39.1% less than the national average, earning R 144,732 per year; in United States they earn 12.15% less than the national average, earning $37,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.2% less than the national average, earning $42,129 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dula in the Georgian language | ||
| დულა | dula | - |
| Dula in the Bengali language | ||
| দুলা | dula | 95 |
| দোল | dola | 2.5 |
| দোলা | dola | 2.5 |
| Dula in the Marathi language | ||
| दुला | dula | 92.71 |
| दूला | dula | 3.51 |
| डुला | dula | 3.05 |
| डूला | dula | 0.46 |
| दुळा | dula | 0.28 |
| Dula in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦୁଲା | dula | 90.69 |
| ଡୁଲା | dula | 1.95 |
| ଦୁଲ | dula | 1.95 |
| ଦୂଲା | dula | 1.66 |
| ଡୁଳା | dula | 0.68 |
| ଦୁଳା | dula | 0.62 |
| ଦୁଳ | dula | 0.49 |
| ଡୁଲ | dula | 0.08 |
| ଡୂଲା | dula | 0.08 |
| ଡୁଳ | dula | 0.08 |
| ଡୂଳା | dula | 0.03 |
| ଦଳ | dala | 0.03 |
| ତୁଲ | tula | 0.03 |
| ହୁଲା | hula | 0.03 |
| ବୁଲ | bula | 0.03 |
| ଦୁଲାା | dulaa | 0.03 |
| Dula in the Hindi language | ||
| दुला | dula | 54.09 |
| दूला | dula | 41.5 |
| डूला | dula | 2.28 |
| डुला | dula | 1.82 |
| डुल | dula | 0.09 |
| डूल | dula | 0.03 |
| दुुला | duula | 0.03 |
| दौला | daula | 0.03 |
| Dula in the Tibetan language | ||
| འབྲུག་ལ་ | drukla | 33.33 |
| གྲུ་ལ། | drula | 33.33 |
| འབྲུག་ལ། | drukla | 33.33 |
| Dula in the Russian language | ||
| Дула | dula | - |
| Dula in the Arabic language | ||
| دولاّ | dwla | - |
| دولا | dwla | - |
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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 Dula
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