Kalaila Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Kalaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 109 | 1:18,647 | 3,949 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kalaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalaila is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalaila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalaila live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kalaila is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 18,647. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 65 percent reside, Berea District, where 17 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Kalaila
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