Kela Surname
Approximately 13,336 people bear this surname
Kela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,344 | 1:229,386 | 13,475 |
| DR Congo | 3,140 | 1:23,529 | 2,968 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,618 | 1:5,039 | 294 |
| Finland | 947 | 1:5,804 | 917 |
| Ivory Coast | 883 | 1:26,128 | 1,840 |
| Tanzania | 547 | 1:96,785 | 9,609 |
| South Africa | 545 | 1:99,409 | 12,064 |
| Cameroon | 438 | 1:47,418 | 6,217 |
| Indonesia | 341 | 1:387,828 | 33,045 |
| Nigeria | 286 | 1:619,380 | 29,421 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| United States | 182 | 1:1,991,533 | 128,023 |
| Solomon Islands | 180 | 1:3,222 | 333 |
| Algeria | 66 | 1:585,327 | 38,725 |
| Albania | 56 | 1:52,037 | 6,745 |
| Kosovo | 50 | 1:37,237 | 3,389 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Kéla (4) are calculated separately.
Kela (56,309) may also be a first name.
Kela Demographics
Kela Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Kela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kela (Bengali: কেলা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻪ, Hindi: केला, Marathi: केला, Oriya: େକଳା, Russian: Кела) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kéla. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 39,365th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 546,457 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Kela reside; 27 percent reside in Central Africa and 26 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 16,698th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 56,309 people.
The last name Kela is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 3,344 people, or 1 in 229,386. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 34 percent are found, Gujarat, where 21 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent are found. Barring India it occurs in 77 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
Kela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kela surname expanded 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Kela last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Kela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 24.82% less than the national average, earning R 178,668 per year; in United States they earn 17.36% less than the national average, earning $35,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.04% less than the national average, earning $38,234 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kela in the Bengali language | ||
| কেলা | kela | - |
| Kela in the Hindi language | ||
| केला | kela | 99.54 |
| कॆला | kela | 0.23 |
| कैला | kaila | 0.09 |
| कला | kala | 0.02 |
| केेला | keela | 0.01 |
| के्ला | kela | 0 |
| कंला | kanla | 0 |
| रेखा | rekha | 0 |
| केंला | kenla | 0 |
| खेला | khela | 0 |
| केली | keli | 0 |
| Kela in the Marathi language | ||
| केला | kela | 97.18 |
| केळा | kela | 2.82 |
| Kela in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଳା | ekala | 64.79 |
| େକଲା | ekala | 26.1 |
| େକଲ | ekala | 6.02 |
| େକଳ | ekala | 0.13 |
| େଜଲା | ejala | 0.13 |
| Kela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻪ | klh | 40 |
| ﻛﻼ | kla | 26.67 |
| ﻛﻞ | kl | 13.33 |
| ﻛﻠﺔ | klt | 6.67 |
| ﻗﻠﻪ | qlh | 6.67 |
| ﻗﻞ | ql | 6.67 |
| Kela in the Russian language | ||
| Кела | kela | - |
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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 Kela
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