Kuela Surname
Approximately 3,810 people bear this surname
Kuela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3,310 | 1:5,544 | 617 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 1:223,323 | 22,423 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kuela (1,987) may also be a first name.
Kuela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuela (Oriya: କୁଏଲା) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,378th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,912,742 people. Kuela occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kuela live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kuela is also the 169,657th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 1,987 people.
The surname Kuela is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3,310 people, or 1 in 5,544. In Burkina Faso Kuela is most prevalent in: Est Region, where 87 percent reside, Centre Region, where 12 percent reside and Centre-Est Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Kuela exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuela in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଏଲା | ku'ela | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kuela
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