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 in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kokela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kokela is the 449,900th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. The last name Kokela 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 commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 198 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 523 people, or 1 in 103,590. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 62 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent are found and Limpopo, where 10 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.
Kokela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kokela has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 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
- 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 Kokela
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