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
Average Kla Salary in
United States
$40,654 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Klá. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,917th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 692,338 people. It is primarily found 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 commonly used given name worldwide, held by 11,681 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 9,514 people, or 1 in 2,425. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 37 percent live, Montagnes District, where 18 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 52 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Kla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kla last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political 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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- 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 Kla
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