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 more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Jalá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jala? popularity and diffusion
Jala is the 21,488th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 287,352 people. Jala is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Jala reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 44 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 35,358th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 21,884 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 11,180 people, or 1 in 68,610. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 30 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Gujarat, where 20 percent live. Excluding India Jala occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 percent live.
Jala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jala last name are 33.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.96% being 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
- 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 Jala
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