Jola Surname
Approximately 3,768 people bear this surname
Jola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,919 | 1:399,721 | 21,162 |
| South Africa | 532 | 1:101,838 | 12,320 |
| Colombia | 205 | 1:233,044 | 5,259 |
| Indonesia | 187 | 1:707,215 | 54,809 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Nigeria | 131 | 1:1,352,235 | 53,045 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Poland | 67 | 1:567,295 | 52,993 |
| Switzerland | 62 | 1:132,466 | 13,073 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Jolá (1) are calculated separately.
Jola (37,034) may also be a first name.
Jola Demographics
Average Jola Salary in
United States
$25,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jola (Hindi: जोला, Marathi: जोला, Tibetan: ཇོ་ལ།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Jolá. For other potential spellings of Jola click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 121,530th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,934,062 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Jola live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jola is also the 23,670th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 37,034 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 1,919 people, or 1 in 399,721. In India Jola is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 89 percent reside, West Bengal, where 4 percent reside and Telangana, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account India it is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Colombia, where 5 percent reside.
Jola Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jola last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jola earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.12% less than the national average, earning R 104,268 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.31% more than the national average, earning $25,724,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 39.88% less than the national average, earning $25,942 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jola in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇོ་ལ། | jola | - |
| Jola in the Marathi language | ||
| जोला | jola | 99.1 |
| जोळा | jola | 0.9 |
| Jola in the Hindi language | ||
| जोला | jola | 97.12 |
| जोलाज़् | jolaz | 0.96 |
| ज्वाला | jvala | 0.96 |
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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 Jola
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