Jala Surname
Approximately 25,361 people bear this surname
Jala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11,180 | 1:68,610 | 4,664 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| Philippines | 4,244 | 1:23,854 | 3,149 |
| Indonesia | 1,236 | 1:106,998 | 10,946 |
| Pakistan | 520 | 1:343,546 | 6,846 |
| Afghanistan | 404 | 1:79,587 | 2,276 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Malaysia | 290 | 1:101,704 | 6,962 |
| Peru | 233 | 1:136,413 | 7,580 |
| Thailand | 202 | 1:349,695 | 60,810 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| United States | 160 | 1:2,265,368 | 141,469 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 1:732,648 | 5,233 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Bolivia | 20 | 1:530,822 | 4,366 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
The alternate forms: Jalá (4) are calculated separately.
Jala (21,884) may also be a first name.
Jala Demographics
Jala Political Affiliation
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Jala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jala (Arabic: عجلا, Bengali: জল, Georgian: ჯალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻟﻪ, Hindi: जाला, Marathi: जाला, Oriya: ଜାଲା, Tibetan: རྒྱ་ལ།) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Jalá. For other possible spellings of Jala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,488th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 287,352 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Jala are found; 48 percent are found in South Asia and 44 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Jala is also the 35,358th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 21,884 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 11,180 people, or 1 in 68,610. In India Jala is primarily found in: Telangana, where 30 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Gujarat, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account India Jala occurs in 69 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 percent live.
Jala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Jala are 33.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 31.31% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,316 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.45% less than the national average, earning R 101,112 per year; in United States they earn 18.38% more than the national average, earning $51,078 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.47% less than the national average, earning $35,042 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jala in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯალა | jala | - |
| Jala in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱ་ལ། | gyala | - |
| Jala in the Marathi language | ||
| जाला | jala | 87.43 |
| जला | jala | 10.1 |
| जाळा | jala | 1.29 |
| जळा | jala | 0.86 |
| Jala in the Hindi language | ||
| जाला | jala | 86.86 |
| जला | jala | 12.62 |
| जैला | jaila | 0.07 |
| उजाला | ujala | 0.07 |
| Jala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻟﻪ | jalh | 38.46 |
| ﺃﺟﺎﻟﻪ | ajalh | 15.38 |
| ﺍﺟﺎﻟﻪ | ajalh | 15.38 |
| ﺟﻞ | jl | 7.69 |
| ﺟﺎﻻ | jala | 7.69 |
| ﺃﺟﺎﻟﺔ | ajalt | 7.69 |
| ﺟﺎﻟﺔ | jalt | 7.69 |
| Jala in the Bengali language | ||
| জল | jala | 35.71 |
| জালা | jala | 28.57 |
| জলা | jala | 28.57 |
| জৈলা | jaila | 7.14 |
| Jala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଲା | jala | 32.53 |
| ଜାଲ | jala | 26.87 |
| ଜଲା | jala | 17.4 |
| ଜଳ | jala | 8.91 |
| ଜଲ | jala | 5.09 |
| ଯାଲା | yala | 1.84 |
| ଜଳା | jala | 1.7 |
| ଯଲା | yala | 1.13 |
| ଜାଳା | jala | 1.13 |
| ଜାଳ | jala | 0.42 |
| ଯାଳା | yala | 0.28 |
| ଯାଲ | yala | 0.28 |
| ଯଳ | yala | 0.28 |
| ଜାନ | jana | 0.14 |
| ଯଲ | yala | 0.14 |
| Jala in the Arabic language | ||
| عجلا | jla | - |
| جالا | jala | - |
| جلاء | jla | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jala
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