Kontala Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Kontala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 732 | 1:1,047,904 | 43,663 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kontala (177) may also be a first name.
Kontala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kontala (Hindi: कोन्तला, Oriya: କାଲା) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontala? popularity and diffusion
Kontala is the 451,630th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kontala reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 685,598th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 177 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 1,047,904. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 86 percent live, Telangana, where 11 percent live and Odisha, where 2 percent live. Excluding India this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kontala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kontala in the Hindi language | ||
| कोन्तला | kontala | - |
| Kontala in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲା | kala | 44 |
| େକାାଲା | ekaala | 36 |
| କାାଲା | kaala | 12 |
| କୋଲା | kola | 4 |
| କୁାଲା | kuala | 4 |
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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 Kontala
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