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 found most in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanla.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanla? popularity and diffusion
Kanla is the 129,023rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,076,816 people. Kanla is mostly 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 commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 1,210 people.
The surname Kanla is most commonly 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. Apart from Burkina Faso Kanla occurs 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 frequency of Kanla has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kanla last name grew 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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