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 borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Kéla. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 39,365th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 546,457 people. The last name Kela is mostly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Kela reside; 27 percent reside in Central Africa and 26 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kela is also the 16,698th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 56,309 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 3,344 people, or 1 in 229,386. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 34 percent live, Gujarat, where 21 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 77 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Kela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kela surname grew 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Kela are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political 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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