Koela Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Koela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 160 | 1:338,611 | 31,451 |
| Lesotho | 93 | 1:21,855 | 4,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koela (54) may also be a first name.
Koela Demographics
Average Koela Salary in
South Africa
R 118,608
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Koela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koela (Hindi: कोएला, Oriya: େକାଏଲା) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koela is the 858,879th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Koela are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Koela is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 54 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 338,611. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent reside, Western Cape, where 19 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 14 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Koela Last Name Statistics demography
Koela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.09% less than the national average, earning R 118,608 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koela in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଏଲା | eka'ela | - |
| Koela in the Hindi language | ||
| कोएला | ko'ela | 72.73 |
| कोमला | komala | 9.09 |
| कोईला | ko'ila | 9.09 |
| कोइला | ko'ila | 9.09 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Koela
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