Kuala Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Kuala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 404 | 1:20,182 | 2,127 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Indonesia | 186 | 1:711,017 | 55,051 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Kuala (365) may also be a first name.
Kuala Demographics
Average Kuala Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kuala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuala (Hindi: कूाल, Marathi: कुअला, Russian: Куала) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kuala is the 356,452nd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. Kuala occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 41 percent of Kuala reside; 41 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 41 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kuala is also the 455,540th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 365 people.
Kuala is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 20,182. In Papua New Guinea Kuala is mostly found in: Enga, where 74 percent live, Hela, where 6 percent live and Jiwaka, where 6 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Kuala is found in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 percent live.
Kuala Last Name Statistics demography
Kuala earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuala in the Marathi language | ||
| कुअला | ku'ala | - |
| Kuala in the Hindi language | ||
| कूाल | kuala | 75 |
| कुाल | kuala | 25 |
| Kuala in the Russian language | ||
| Куала | kuala | - |
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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 Kuala
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