Khala Surname
Approximately 7,121 people bear this surname
Khala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,813 | 1:29,883 | 3,846 |
| Thailand | 769 | 1:91,857 | 12,897 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| India | 475 | 1:1,614,874 | 59,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 391 | 1:23,433 | 2,671 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Yemen | 261 | 1:101,246 | 6,101 |
| Ukraine | 235 | 1:193,714 | 26,291 |
| Palestine | 212 | 1:21,457 | 3,315 |
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Belarus | 179 | 1:53,079 | 9,055 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Algeria | 122 | 1:316,652 | 30,563 |
| Afghanistan | 98 | 1:328,094 | 5,053 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Lesotho | 72 | 1:28,230 | 5,446 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 1:4,154,509 | 29,278 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Jordan | 16 | 1:552,652 | 13,471 |
| Nepal | 14 | 1:2,034,354 | 8,267 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Khala (3,461) may also be a first name.
Khala Demographics
Khala Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Khala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khala (Arabic: كحّالي, Bengali: খেলা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﺎﻟﻪ, Hindi: खला, Marathi: खाळा, Oriya: ଖାଲା, Russian: Хала) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Khala.
How Common Is The Last Name Khala? popularity and diffusion
Khala is the 69,548th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,023,388 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Khala live; 27 percent live in Southern Africa and 27 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 120,850th most numerous forename globally, held by 3,461 people.
The surname Khala is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,813 people, or 1 in 29,883. In South Africa Khala is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 39 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Free State, where 18 percent are found. Besides South Africa it is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 11 percent are found and Chad, where 9 percent are found.
Khala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Khala last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Khala surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Khala earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 48.34% less than the national average, earning R 122,772 per year and in United States they earn 47.71% less than the national average, earning $22,563 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khala in the Hindi language | ||
| खला | khala | 61.4 |
| खाला | khala | 38.6 |
| Khala in the Marathi language | ||
| खाळा | khala | 55.77 |
| खाला | khala | 28.85 |
| खला | khala | 11.54 |
| खान | khana | 1.92 |
| खाजा | khaja | 1.92 |
| Khala in the Bengali language | ||
| খেলা | khela | 50 |
| খলা | khala | 25 |
| খলরাম | khalarama | 25 |
| Khala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖାଲା | khala | 37.5 |
| ଖଲା | khala | 37.5 |
| ଖଳା | khala | 12.5 |
| ଖଲ | khala | 12.5 |
| Khala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﺎﻟﻪ | khalh | 33.33 |
| ﺧﺎﻟﺔ | khalt | 11.11 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻪ | qalh | 11.11 |
| ﺧﺎﻝ | khal | 11.11 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﺔ | qalt | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻪ | alkhalh | 11.11 |
| ﺧﻠﻪ | khlh | 11.11 |
| Khala in the Russian language | ||
| Хала | hala | - |
| Khala in the Arabic language | ||
| كحّالي | khaly | - |
| كحالي | khaly | - |
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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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- 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 Khala
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