Gla Surname
Approximately 2,158 people bear this surname
Gla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,042 | 1:30,857 | 1,308 |
| Ivory Coast | 907 | 1:25,437 | 1,795 |
| Benin | 51 | 1:202,659 | 19,139 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Gla (1,808) may also be a first name.
Gla Demographics
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Gla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gla (Oriya: ଲକ୍ଷୀ, Russian: Гла) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 194,677th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,376,991 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Gla live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gla is also the 179,627th most prevalent given name in the world, held by 1,808 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1,042 people, or 1 in 30,857. In Afghanistan Gla is mostly concentrated in: Paktika, where 20 percent are found, Nangarhar, where 12 percent are found and Herat, where 12 percent are found. Not including Afghanistan this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 42 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Gla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gla are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.
Gla earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% less than the national average, earning $40,464 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gla in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲକ୍ଷୀ | laksi | - |
| Gla in the Russian language | ||
| Гла | gla | - |
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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 Gla
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