Kahla Surname
Approximately 9,820 people bear this surname
Kahla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,775 | 1:13,921 | 2,483 |
| Egypt | 2,624 | 1:35,036 | 3,683 |
| Palestine | 1,404 | 1:3,240 | 705 |
| South Africa | 1,015 | 1:53,377 | 6,775 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| United States | 377 | 1:961,430 | 71,554 |
| France | 233 | 1:285,076 | 43,747 |
| Jordan | 115 | 1:76,891 | 6,243 |
| Germany | 90 | 1:894,505 | 63,669 |
| Poland | 58 | 1:655,323 | 57,058 |
| Israel | 51 | 1:167,797 | 17,113 |
| Tunisia | 48 | 1:12,721 | 2,096 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Syria | 29 | 1:665,552 | 5,809 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Kahla (2,420) may also be a first name.
Kahla Demographics
Average Kahla Salary in
United States
$41,614 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kahla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahla (Arabic: كهلا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻠﻪ, Hindi: काहला, Oriya: କାହ) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kahla is the 52,159th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 742,113 people. Kahla occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Kahla live; 55 percent live in North Africa and 29 percent live in Mahgreb. Kahla is also the 150,669th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 2,420 people.
This surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,775 people, or 1 in 13,921. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 21 percent live, El Oued Province, where 17 percent live and Sétif Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Algeria this surname exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 27 percent live and Palestine, where 14 percent live.
Kahla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kahla has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kahla surname expanded 1,396 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kahla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kahla surname is principally Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kahla last name are 11.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kahla earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.1% less than the national average, earning R 199,380 per year and in United States they earn 3.56% less than the national average, earning $41,614 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahla in the Hindi language | ||
| काहला | kahala | - |
| Kahla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻠﻪ | alkhlh | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻬﻠﺔ | alkhlt | 10 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻞ | alkhl | 10 |
| Kahla in the Oriya language | ||
| କାହ | kaha | 32.26 |
| କହ | kaha | 25.81 |
| କହା | kaha | 22.58 |
| କାହା | kaha | 19.35 |
| Kahla in the Arabic language | ||
| كهلا | khla | - |
| كحلة | khlt | - |
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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 Kahla
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