Kabala Surname
Approximately 45,608 people bear this surname
Kabala Surname Definition:
Kabala is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a new day as the sun has shone.
Kabala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 40,587 | 1:1,820 | 176 |
| Zambia | 1,017 | 1:15,585 | 1,762 |
| Poland | 936 | 1:40,608 | 6,376 |
| Uganda | 626 | 1:62,363 | 7,160 |
| Tanzania | 341 | 1:155,254 | 13,987 |
| United States | 327 | 1:1,108,437 | 80,126 |
| Kenya | 291 | 1:158,694 | 12,495 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Turkey | 174 | 1:447,250 | 26,312 |
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Argentina | 136 | 1:314,290 | 24,990 |
| Ukraine | 109 | 1:417,639 | 50,036 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Käbala (8) are calculated separately.
Kabala (7,741) may also be a first name.
Kabala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kabala is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a new day as the sun has shone.
Kabala is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: small elephant.
Kabala is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: small plain / grassland.
Kabala Demographics
Kabala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kabala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kabala (Arabic: الكبالي, Bengali: কবালা, Hindi: काबला, Marathi: काबला, Oriya: କାବଲା, Russian: Кабала) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant: Käbala. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,310th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 159,787 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kabala live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kabala is also the 72,655th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 7,741 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 40,587 people, or 1 in 1,820. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Poland, where 2 percent reside.
Kabala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kabala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kabala surname grew 5,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kabala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Catholic (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kabala surname are 11.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.02% registered with the party.
The amount Kabala earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.55% more than the national average, earning R 303,096 per year; in United States they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $46,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% less than the national average, earning $48,743 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kabala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kabala in the Hindi language | ||
| काबला | kabala | 68.18 |
| कबला | kabala | 31.82 |
| Kabala in the Bengali language | ||
| কবালা | kabala | 50 |
| কবলা | kabala | 50 |
| Kabala in the Marathi language | ||
| काबला | kabala | 40.48 |
| कबला | kabala | 23.81 |
| कबाला | kabala | 14.29 |
| काषले | kasale | 9.52 |
| कंबाला | kambala | 4.76 |
| काबाला | kabala | 4.76 |
| काबाळा | kabala | 2.38 |
| Kabala in the Oriya language | ||
| କାବଲା | kabala | 29.41 |
| କବଲା | kabala | 29.41 |
| କାବଲ | kabala | 17.65 |
| କବଳା | kabala | 11.76 |
| କାବୁଲା | kabula | 5.88 |
| କାବାଲା | kabala | 5.88 |
| Kabala in the Russian language | ||
| Кабала | kabala | - |
| Kabala in the Arabic language | ||
| الكبالي | alkbaly | - |
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