Fala Surname
Approximately 7,900 people bear this surname
Fala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,580 | 1:46,759 | 5,675 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Moldova | 464 | 1:7,675 | 1,247 |
| Iran | 426 | 1:180,241 | 14,989 |
| Italy | 417 | 1:146,659 | 23,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Indonesia | 247 | 1:535,422 | 43,307 |
| United States | 246 | 1:1,473,410 | 100,696 |
| Algeria | 195 | 1:198,111 | 23,590 |
| Nigeria | 187 | 1:947,287 | 40,584 |
| Lebanon | 178 | 1:31,669 | 3,206 |
| India | 158 | 1:4,854,844 | 122,998 |
| Niger | 147 | 1:130,558 | 4,993 |
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| Ecuador | 77 | 1:206,569 | 7,938 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| American Samoa | 22 | 1:2,534 | 546 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Cyprus | 17 | 1:52,052 | 5,162 |
| Jordan | 16 | 1:552,652 | 13,471 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Falà (27) & Falá (2) are calculated separately.
Fala (3,612) may also be a first name.
Fala Demographics
Average Male Fala Height
176.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fala (Arabic: فلا, Bengali: ফালাকাজি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻟﻪ, Hindi: फला, Oriya: ଫାଲ, Russian: Фала, Tibetan: ཕ་ལ།) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Falà or Falá. Click here to see other potential spellings of Fala.
How Common Is The Last Name Fala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 63,402nd most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 922,474 people. The last name Fala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Fala live; 21 percent live in North Africa and 20 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,656th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 3,612 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,580 people, or 1 in 46,759. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 83 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 12 percent are found and Egypt, where 10 percent are found.
Fala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fala surname increased 12,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Fala surname is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Fala last name are 26.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.13% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 48.97% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,893 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.46% less than the national average, earning R 67,824 per year; in United States they earn 5.65% less than the national average, earning $40,709 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.45% more than the national average, earning $62,325 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕ་ལ། | pala | - |
| Fala in the Bengali language | ||
| ফালাকাজি | phalakaji | - |
| Fala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻟﻪ | falh | 66.67 |
| ﻓﺎﻝ | fal | 9.52 |
| ﻓﺎﻻ | fala | 9.52 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﻻ | afala | 4.76 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﻟﻪ | afalh | 4.76 |
| ﻓﺎﻟﺔ | falt | 4.76 |
| Fala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫାଲ | phala | 60 |
| ଫଳା | phala | 20 |
| ଫାଳ | phala | 20 |
| Fala in the Hindi language | ||
| फला | phala | 51.16 |
| फाला | phala | 46.05 |
| फाल | phala | 0.47 |
| फ़ल | fala | 0.47 |
| फूला | phula | 0.47 |
| फालॉ | phalo | 0.47 |
| फल | phala | 0.47 |
| Fala in the Russian language | ||
| Фала | fala | - |
| Fala in the Arabic language | ||
| فلا | fla | - |
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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 Fala
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