Kanla Surname
Approximately 3,509 people bear this surname
Kanla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,586 | 1:7,097 | 733 |
| Thailand | 595 | 1:118,720 | 17,708 |
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kanla (1,210) may also be a first name.
Kanla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanla (Bengali: কাঁলা, Hindi: कंला, Marathi: कानला, Oriya: କଅଁଳ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kanla.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 129,023rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,076,816 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kanla live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanla is also the 227,680th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,210 people.
The last name Kanla is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,586 people, or 1 in 7,097. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Est Region, where 87 percent reside, Centre-Est Region, where 7 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Burkina Faso this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Kanla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kanla has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanla surname expanded 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanla in the Bengali language | ||
| কাঁলা | kamla | - |
| Kanla in the Hindi language | ||
| कंला | kanla | 79.45 |
| कनला | kanala | 13.7 |
| कन्ला | kanla | 1.37 |
| कांला | kanla | 1.37 |
| कांल | kanla | 1.37 |
| कँला | kamla | 1.37 |
| कमल | kamala | 1.37 |
| Kanla in the Oriya language | ||
| କଅଁଳ | ka'amla | 50 |
| କଂଲା | kanla | 50 |
| Kanla in the Marathi language | ||
| कानला | kanala | 50 |
| कांला | kanla | 25 |
| कंला | kanla | 25 |
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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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- 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 Kanla
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