Kaala Surname
Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname
Kaala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 711 | 1:103,909 | 11,552 |
| Uganda | 508 | 1:76,849 | 8,345 |
| India | 392 | 1:1,956,799 | 67,598 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Kaãla (3) are calculated separately.
Kaala (658) may also be a first name.
Kaala Demographics
Average Kaala Salary in
United States
$12,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kaala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaala (Hindi: कमला, Marathi: काला, Oriya: କଅଲା, Russian: Каала) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Kaãla. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaala? popularity and diffusion
Kaala is the 228,232nd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,103,348 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kaala reside; 41 percent reside in Central Africa and 41 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 323,699th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 658 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 711 people, or 1 in 103,909. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 29 percent live and India, where 22 percent live.
Kaala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kaala earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning $12,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaala in the Oriya language | ||
| କଅଲା | ka'ala | - |
| Kaala in the Marathi language | ||
| काला | kala | - |
| Kaala in the Hindi language | ||
| कमला | kamala | 37.5 |
| काला | kala | 25 |
| कााल | kaala | 25 |
| केला | kela | 12.5 |
| Kaala in the Russian language | ||
| Каала | kaala | - |
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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 Kaala
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