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 Fala Salary in
United States
$40,709 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fala (Arabic: فلا, Bengali: ফালাকাজি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻟﻪ, Hindi: फला, Oriya: ଫାଲ, Russian: Фала, Tibetan: ཕ་ལ།) is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant: Falà or Falá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fala? popularity and diffusion
Fala is the 63,402nd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 922,474 people. The surname is primarily found 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 frequent first name at a global level, borne by 3,612 people.
The surname Fala is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,580 people, or 1 in 46,759. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 83 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 12 percent reside and Egypt, where 10 percent reside.
Fala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fala surname rose 12,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Fala last name is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Fala last name are 26.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.13% registered with the political 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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