Kokela Surname
Approximately 756 people bear this surname
Kokela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 523 | 1:103,590 | 12,522 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kokela (198) may also be a first name.
Kokela Demographics
Average Kokela Salary in
South Africa
R 119,880
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kokela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kokela (Bengali: কোকেলা, Hindi: कोकिला, Marathi: कोकेला, Oriya: େକାେକଲା) occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kokela is the 449,900th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kokela reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 644,447th most common first name in the world It is held by 198 people.
Kokela is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 103,590. In South Africa Kokela is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 62 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Kokela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kokela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kokela last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kokela Last Name Statistics demography
Kokela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.55% less than the national average, earning R 119,880 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kokela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kokela in the Bengali language | ||
| কোকেলা | kokela | - |
| Kokela in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାେକଲା | ekaekala | - |
| Kokela in the Hindi language | ||
| कोकिला | kokila | 66.67 |
| कोकेला | kokela | 33.33 |
| Kokela in the Marathi language | ||
| कोकेला | kokela | 33.33 |
| कोकीळा | kokila | 33.33 |
| कोकीला | kokila | 16.67 |
| कोिकळा | koikala | 16.67 |
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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 Kokela
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