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
Average Kalela Salary in
South Africa
R 303,648
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kalela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalela (Hindi: कलेला, Marathi: काळेल) is most common in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalela is the 41,837th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 584,219 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalela reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,718th most widespread given name internationally, held by 577 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 7,381 people, or 1 in 10,009. Besides The DR Congo this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 29 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Kalela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kalela surname is primarily 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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