Kalela Surname
Approximately 12,474 people bear this surname
Kalela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 7,381 | 1:10,009 | 1,244 |
| Zambia | 3,582 | 1:4,425 | 538 |
| Tanzania | 846 | 1:62,579 | 6,689 |
| Senegal | 207 | 1:70,432 | 919 |
| Kenya | 201 | 1:229,751 | 16,196 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Finland | 47 | 1:116,951 | 11,447 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Lesotho | 32 | 1:63,517 | 8,935 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kalela (577) may also be a first name.
Kalela Demographics
Kalela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalela (Hindi: कलेला, Marathi: काळेल) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kalela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 41,837th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 584,219 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalela are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,718th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 577 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 7,381 people, or 1 in 10,009. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 29 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Kalela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kalela earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.78% more than the national average, earning R 303,648 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalela in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेला | kalela | 75 |
| कालेला | kalela | 25 |
| Kalela in the Marathi language | ||
| काळेल | kalela | 28.57 |
| कालेला | kalela | 14.29 |
| काटेला | katela | 14.29 |
| काळेला | kalela | 14.29 |
| कळेल | kalela | 14.29 |
| काळे | kale | 14.29 |
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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 Kalela
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