Kla Surname
Approximately 10,526 people bear this surname
Kla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9,514 | 1:2,425 | 240 |
| India | 401 | 1:1,912,881 | 66,545 |
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| Liberia | 96 | 1:45,922 | 4,138 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Cambodia | 44 | 1:351,981 | 3,707 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Klá (1) are calculated separately.
Kla (11,681) may also be a first name.
Kla Demographics
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Kla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kla (Bengali: ক্লা, Hindi: कला) is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as: Klá. For other possible spellings of Kla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kla? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 48,917th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 692,338 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Kla live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,195th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 11,681 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 9,514 people, or 1 in 2,425. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 37 percent reside, Montagnes District, where 18 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast Kla exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Kla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kla surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
Kla earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $40,654 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kla in the Bengali language | ||
| ক্লা | kla | - |
| Kla in the Hindi language | ||
| कला | kala | 65.09 |
| क्ला | kla | 26.42 |
| क्ल | kla | 3.77 |
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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 Kla
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